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Epilogue
uring a TV interview, the tablā (small, drum-type musical instrument) maestro Ustād Zakir Hussain once
said, “There is no tāla (tune) or rāga (melody) that has not been played yet. The challenge before us is to present it in such a way, in such a combination, that it becomes interesting for the audience.”
Similarly, there is nothing new or original in this book. Some of you might even complain that it does not provide any solutions for achieving its purported goal of happiness. Actually there is no simple, straight-forward and universally applicable answer to the vexed question of happiness. A reader who has gone through the pages of the book with avid interest would not have failed to notice that nowhere the book claims that it can help one to get to the goal of lasting happiness. One must find and then tread the path oneself; there is no alternative to it.
However, the beauty of the search for happiness lies in the process itself; in the fact that we have taken time out to reflect upon the basic question of leading a more meaningful and joyous life. We have tried to present a typical “case' in front of you, to
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