A COMMA IN A SENTENCE

R. Gopalakrishnan is very well
respected senior executive with the Tata Group. This book, A Comma In A
Sentence: Extraordinary Change In An Ordinary Family Over Six Generations is
the personal and emotional journey of the writer written in his own words. In
this book, he traces his roots over a period of six generations from a small
village Vilakuddi in Tamil Nadu to Calcutta to his present day job in Mumbai.
Through the journey of his family, we also get an insight into many
historical instances and how they changed the lives of people living in those
times. R. Gopalakrishnan’s great- great- great grandfather Ranganathan was
born in 1824 in a land owning a Tamil Brahmin family. The period is famous
for the formation of Indian National Congress, 1877 famine, introduction of
postal system, etc.Then came the era of the great thinker and philosopher
Periyar E. V. Ramaswamy Naicker, who was an advocate of abolition of the
caste system and ended the dominance of Brahmins in Tamil society. During
this period, three members of the author’s family, his father and two
cousins, left Tamil Nadu to find better job opportunities in Calcutta.
Despite the language and cultural barrier, the writer’s father, Rajam worked
as a stenographer and studied hard to become an accountant. The book is a
personal journey of hope and optimism. A Comma In A Sentence: Extraordinary
Change In An Ordinary Family Over Six Generations by R. Gopalakrishnan was
published in 2013 by Rupa Publications India and is available in hardcover.
Key Features: The book has a small section dedicated to Ratan Tata. The
preface of the book is written by the British journalist Sir Mark Tully.