Power, money, fame and you: Nanditesh Nilay’s quest to heal modern society | Books and Literature News
Motivational speaker Nanditesh Nilay wants to convince his listeners that the search for power, money and fame is one of those vices that leads to societal downfall in the long run. He is the author of non-fiction and fiction along those lines, with books such as Ethikos: Stories Searching Happiness (Kautilya, 2021), Kyon: Name of a Boy who seeks Answers to his Questions (Kautilya, 2024) and Being Good: Feelings are for Human Values and Habits for Ethics (Kautilya, 2019). He doesn’t separate problems of the family, the workplace and the nation. “When we ask why people don’t take initiative, don’t feel a sense of responsibility, why they work in silos, (we don’t realise) that questions of nation-building are connected to it,” he said to The Indian Express. Being Good explores such questions with essays on wealth inequality in the 21st century and how those left behind in the race for money often put their faith in market forces and accept the resulting dehumanisation. “Imagine if there’s a happy family that goes to the market. They …