Leadstart Publishing and Landmark Bookstore Host the Launch of Jayanta Ray’s Latest Book ‘Withered Leaves’, Released by the Hands of Prof. Dr. Y. V. Reddy, Padma Vibhushan Awardee and Former Governor of RBI

Leadstart Publishing and Landmark Bookstore, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad launched the latest book of Jayanta Ray ‘ Withered Leaves ’ today. Prof. Dr. Y. V. Reddy, Padma Vibhushan awardee and former Governor of RBI, was the chief guest for the function, who released the book quoting, “I could easily relate to the theme - a young middle-class Indian student going to Germany for the first time-, similar to my first visit to the Netherlands, and the flow of events thereafter.” Further, he went on to say that he was impressed with the remarkable simplicity, dignified humility and solid self-confidence of the author. The venue was packed to capacity by a mesmerised audience listening to the author’s book excerpts along with the discussions and inputs by the chief guest and other dignitaries. On the question of continuity of journey from ‘A Town by the River’ (author’s first book) to ‘Withered Leaves’, Mr. R.K. Bhattacharya, former Executive Director, BHEL, New Delhi, replied: “I could easily relate to the first one because of similar background. The second book has beautifully portrayed a young middle-class Indian student’s experience in Germany, compassion of the Schulz family and the East-West divide. Undercurrent of Nazism in the Schulz family and elsewhere have been well described”. To the question of contrasting experience of the protagonist of this novel, who comes from a background of the turbulent seventies of India, Dr. P. Ray, Formerly with IMF & now director, RBI, Mumbai, said, “Sid, the main character of the novel, is basically a freedom-loving youth and is against parochialism. The theme of freedom connects well with India & Heidelberg, his temporary home away from home. Thus, it is not necessarily a foreign town on a mental plane. Hence it is more of similarity, wherein liberal thinking is paramount.” Mr. V. Ravindran, IAS, Principal Accountant General, Andhra Pradesh and Mr. P. Nagaraju, German language specialist, also applauded quality of book publishing and the author’s efforts. The author expressed gratitude to his friends and family, his book publishers, Leadstart Publishing and Landmark Bookstore for their support.  

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