A review by flogigyahoo
Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss by Rajeev Balasubramanyam

4.0

Professor Chandra is a 69 year old economist, hoping for the Nobel, when he has an accident riding his bicycle and is ordered to go on vacation and relax. He is divorced from his wife, Jean, his son, Sunny lives in Hong Kong running an iffy self help business school, his daughter Radha, an activist, has not spoken to him in 2 years and refuses to let him know where she is and his youngest daughter, Jasmine, living with Jean and her stepfather, Steve, in Boulder, Colorado wants to quit school. So on the advice of an acquaintance Chandra decides to follow his bliss, which somehow involves visiting Esalen in Big Sur, California, a Zen monastery in the mountains and on the way getting his family together again. A blissful novel full of humor, intelligence and excellently written. Witty, charming, one loves Professor Chandra. I will be getting the other novels of this talented writer with the unpronounceable name, Rajeev BALASUBRAMANYAM. Whew...