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Touching Distance: The Great Indian MBA Dream, by Shiva Prakash, is a story of ambition, belief and irony. Summary of the Book Seen through the eyes of an amusing, principled and finally fatalistic South Indian protagonist, the story evokes hilarity and arrests our dilemmas. Set against the backdrop of one of India's finest B-schools, Touching Distance is about Shiva's journey, which discourages him with the idea of wasting his potential at his confined software programming job. He chooses to believe, like millions of other Indians, in the universal and superbly marketed Indian MBA dream. Shiva tells the story with two voices: one intimately participative, and the other subtly distant, observing that everyone moves to a symphony that persuades them to believe that they are close to their promised reality. Busting some MBA myths, while supporting a few others, the author stresses on the truth that numerous paths lead to fulfilment, regardless of the pre-eminence of some. About Shiva Prakash Shiva Prakash is an Indian writer, musician, poet, painter, guitarist, and singer. He is associated with Yahoo! - one of the world's largest internet companies. He has an MBA from ISB and his literary interests include philosophy, economics, spirituality, and humour. Shiva likes sky-diving and hiking in Ladakh and on the Pacific Coast, as he finds them the most liberating experiences. The current title is his debut novel.