Books by Anil Kumar

PRACTICALITY

Seeing Life As It Really Is

Practicality is not something Anil Kumar learned from theories or teachings. It is something he learned from life.

He has experienced comfort and hardship, success and failure, hope and uncertainty. He has seen how circumstances can change, how people behave when life becomes difficult, and how easily fear and desperation can make people vulnerable.

Over the years, he came to believe that we must first understand the reality of a situation and what is practically possible before deciding what to do.

Faith can give us hope. Prayer can give us strength. But neither should replace our judgement, responsibility or action.

If a person is hungry, he needs roti—not merely a story telling him to hope for the best.

For Anil Kumar, practicality means looking at life honestly, thinking independently, understanding what can actually be done, and then doing it.

See reality. Think clearly. Do what is possible.

THE AUTHOR OF PRACTICALITY

An ordinary man. A life of experience. An independent way of thinking.

Anil Kumar does not consider himself a philosopher, guru or motivational speaker. He considers himself an ordinary man who has lived, worked, built a business, raised a family and experienced the many realities that life brings.

He was born into a reasonably comfortable family, but when his father’s business collapsed, life changed dramatically. The family went through difficult years when there seemed to be little hope for the future. After his father’s death, he also experienced the harsher realities of society.

Through his work and business, he met people from many different walks of life. He saw honesty and generosity, but he also saw deception, exploitation and people taking advantage of fear, faith and desperation.

These experiences shaped the way he looks at life.

He believes in the Almighty, but does not believe in fear created in the name of God. He prays, but does not believe that he needs an intermediary to speak to the Almighty on his behalf.

He does not look to gurus or motivational teachings for answers to life. His thoughts come from what he has experienced, observed, questioned and understood himself.

“He writes what he thinks,
not what he has been taught to think.”

His books are therefore not theories about life written from a distance. They are his own observations and experiences—formed through work, business, family life and decades of observing people and society.

Many of the thoughts expressed in his books and videos are, in essence, Saral Mantras—simple observations and conclusions drawn from real life and experience.

He does not claim to have all the answers. He simply shares what he has understood.

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