Undoubtly poetry lends magnificence to philosophical thought; conversely philosophy provides substance to versification. This holds true in the case of Chatterjee's "first book of fiction in free verse". The clichéd "West comes to East in quest of wisdom" has been treated rather skillfully by the poet. This is a story of interaction between the blonde Mariann and the Indian guru Ananda. It covers quite a few weighty philosophical concepts like time, space, desire etc. While the illustrations are evocative I am unable to grasp the significance of repeating certain passages in a scrawl, on opposite pages. This does not, however, detract from the merit of Chatterjee's work.

Love is central to leadership as delineated by Debashis Chatterjee. In Wisdom Tree's "Made to Lead", Colonel Karan Kharb, retired from the army, writes of "effective Vedic ways to bring out the leader in you", while Professor Debashis Chatterjee of the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, author of "Light the Fire in Your Heart" - a book whose subtitle reminds you "You can Dare to Lead!" - sees spirituality as "an everyday affair" rather than an exalted state of mind; the title "We are the Greatest God" by Vijay Saxena, professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, states his belief emphatically enough, and the message of the poetic work "Echoes of Love from Heavens Above" by film-maker Mickey Nivelli is epitomised in the lines "Love helps people find the sacred line/that borders between the human and divine".

Published by Full Circle, a company that describes itself as producing works that "nourish your soul", he says of his book, "Yes, it is about spirituality and it is not. We are looking at spirituality as a way of evolving work places."
Although the book speaks of the practical aspects of leadership and takes examples from corporate life, Professor Chatterjee emphasises, "It's not a management book," and recounts that when people wondered which shelf the bookstores should slot it in, he replied: "It will go onto a bookshelf."

In Wisdom Tree's "Made to Lead", Colonel Karan Kharb, retired from the army, writes of "effective Vedic ways bring out leader you", while Professor Debashis Chatterjee Indian Institute Management, Lucknow, author " Light Fire Your Heart" - a book whose subtitle reminds you "You can Dare Lead!" sees spirituality as "an everyday affair" rather than an exalted state mind; title "We are Greatest God" by Vijay Saxena, at Technology, Delhi, states his belief emphatically enough, and message poetic work "Echoes Love Heavens Above" film-maker Mickey Nivelli is epitomised lines "Love helps people find sacred line/that borders between human divine".

Refuting the current trend of mixing up a handsome appearance with internal qualities, he points out that people make the mistake of thinking that leadership qualities increase proportionally with a person's height, weight and chest size. "Who brought down the Berlin Wall?" he asks. "Who created the World Wide Web?" These are questions to which we cannot get accurate answers, yet they are testimony to the fact that leadership is an essential part of every person's nature, explains the man who wishes to "bring home to him or her (ordinary people) his own wisdom".