Hash of Mash

There comes many times in life when one is bent double under the burden of responsibilities and no advice from anyone seems to work. Personal contacts are shunned. One wants to simply curl up and shut out the world. This book is for those times. You only need to wrap your arms around the book and delve deep into its soft embrace which reassures, strengthens, and helps reinstate oneís belief in oneís self. No type of hurt equals the darkness within. There was a time when one person reached out to another and their shared experiences worked as a salve on frazzled nerves.


There are books that serve as beacons to guide one through life. Authors down the ages have enriched several lifetimes. In many ways, books have taught by example. They have epitomized the best episodes of human history and shown how individuals conquered their circumstances through time and space. Books are the easiest and earliest masters. They teach unassumingly, and the best part is that we can go back again and again into their folds to relive their lessons and learnings. This book does not presume to reach the exalted heights attained by the great masters, but it definitely vies for a place among the books that one loves to thumb through to regain the mosaic vision guaranteed within the pages.


This book unfolds vistas of self-enrichment where one looks inward for strength and support. Many of the lifestyle gurus have come up with targeted studies that have helped the learner seek and find. This book is an attempt at being a ready reckoner or guide for numerous situations in life where one needs to gather solace and strength. It is a mind torch to help circumvent.