{"id":10420,"date":"2022-02-10T10:57:39","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T10:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/index.php\/2022\/02\/10\/the-last-white-man-in-india-becomes-a-surprise-hit\/"},"modified":"2022-02-10T10:57:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T10:57:39","slug":"the-last-white-man-in-india-becomes-a-surprise-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/index.php\/2022\/02\/10\/the-last-white-man-in-india-becomes-a-surprise-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Last White Man in India\u201d Becomes a Surprise Hit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Delhi (India), February 10<\/strong>: India is a land of enchantment and mysteries. The more you explore, the better you fall for it. If you are wondering how to know more, you have to read more.<\/p>\n

Books have always been an integral part of our lives, since ancient times, and guess what? With the emergence of a better and more aware world, people are slowly understanding how books can teach them about a multitude of things.<\/p>\n

The Last White Man in India, written by Subhuti Anand Waight, has been launched at Marshall’s Book Caf\u00e9, Berman Chouk, Aundh, Pune on 29th January. The book has become a hit and now there’s a waitlist to read it.<\/p>\n

This book offers you a great story with the promise of finding deeper things hidden within you. In a way, you can work upon the \u201cunknown\u201d quadrant of the Johari Window, enhancing your understanding of yourself and others.\"\"<\/p>\n

Steve Parkhurst is an arrogant English businessman with colonial attitudes, enjoying an easy lifestyle in India. But then his company fails, and to Steve\u2019s dismay, he finds himself begging for a job from a local Indian industrialist.<\/p>\n

In this timely novel, titled The Last White Man in India, the tables are turned on the former conquerors. This reflects the shift in today\u2019s global economy, with the growing stature of India and the decline of British power and influence.<\/p>\n

This marks the beginning of a challenging journey for Steve, the main character, who steadily loses his English identity and becomes more and more intrigued with the ancient, spiritual aspect of Indian culture.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always thought that Pune\u2019s Koregaon Park would make a wonderful setting for a novel,\u201d explained Subhuti Anand Waight, author of this multiracial epic.<\/p>\n

\u201cI lived and worked in the Rajneesh Ashram in the 1970s when Osho was teaching there,\u201d Subhuti added. \u201cIndia is in my blood and bones, that\u2019s why I had to write about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are secrets to be uncovered as the story unfolds. Steve falls in love with a wealthy Indian woman who reveals herself to be the leader of a Tantric cult, drinking Soma and dancing to ecstasy.<\/p>\n

In a parallel subplot, the author recalls the rise and fall of the nineteenth century Thugee Cult, whose devotees robbed and slaughtered travelers in the name of Goddess Kali.<\/p>\n

The Rajneesh Ashram also features in the story. \u201cI just had to put it in,\u201d reflected Subhuti. \u201cIt adds a spiritual flavor to the romance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Subhuti, born in the UK, once worked as a political correspondent in the British Houses of Parliament. He gave it up in 1976 to travel to India, meet Osho and become a Rajneesh sannyasin.<\/p>\n

\u201cKoregaon Park has an international flavor due to thousands of foreign visitors and this creates a colorful backdrop for story-telling,\u201d he added. Subhuti is also the author of \u2018Wild Wild Guru,\u2019 a personal account of his adventures with Osho in Pune and Oregon.<\/p>\n

The Last White Man in India is published by StoryMirror, India\u2019s biggest literature tech platform, and is available in bookstores and online retail platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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