SIX DEGREES OF EDUCATION BY IGNATIUS CHITHELEN IS THE BEST INTRODUCTION TO INDIA FOR STUDENTS, ACADEMICS AND TRAVELERS, INVESTORS AND BUSINESS FOLK AND ALL WHO ARE CURIOUS ABOUT THE WORLD'S LARGEST DEMOCRACY AND ITS PEOPLE.
AS HE TELLS HIS STORY, CHITHELEN WEAVES IN KEY INSIGHTS ON INDIA AND INDIANS:
AN EDUCATION SYSTEM WHICH PRODUCES WORLD CLASS ENGINEERS, DOCTORS AND EXECUTIVES BUT ALSO 15% OF GRADUATES WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED;
AGE BASED COMPETITIVE EXAMS FOR ADMISSION TO TOP COLLEGES AND MOST JOBS;
POLITICS BASED ON FIVE RELIGIONS, FOUR CASTES AND OVER 20 MAJOR NATIONALITIES;
AND INDIA'S BUSINESS CONDITIONS, CONTROLLED BY GROUPS WHICH ENJOY MONOPOLIES
SIX DEGREES OF EDUCATION IS ALSO A UNIQUELY HELPFUL GUIDE TO THOSE SEEKING TO CHANGE CAREERS, BASED ON CHITHELEN'S MOVE FROM TEACHING AND JOURNALISM IN MUMBAI TO WORKING IN FINANCE IN NEW YORK.
“Part advice to young professionals, this is a fun read…Adventures in Mumbai and New York are told with a reporter's eye and a financier's tallying of life's wins and losses.”
Sree Sreenivasan, Chief Digital Officer, New York City; former CDO Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Professor Columbia School of Journalism.
“This memoir extraordinaire is pure pleasure accompanied by humor, innocent charm, and an intelligent voice …It holds great appeal for both the hard cover and digital generations.”
Carol Pozefsky, Former Anchor/Reporter NBC and CBS Radio Networks
“A fascinating journey from the teeming hustle of Mumbai to the financial markets of New York…The events, people and Chithelen’s honesty make the story endearing. “
Anand Sudarshan, serial entrepreneur & former chief executive Manipal Global Education Services
"The intellectual range and curiosity of this superbly written book is the perfect remedy to the shortsighted perspective of many business thinkers…It offers the perfect balance of personal details and the big-picture insights of an informed observer. This is a must-read…to understand the significance of globalism today."
Charles A. Riley II, Professor of journalism, City University of New York, & author of Small Business, Big Politics
“A unique perspective on education, careers, politics and business in India…You also see New York and America differently as Chithelen makes his way from journalism to finance and builds a life far away from Mumbai.”
Alby Anand Kurian, faculty MDIS Singapore and author of The Peddler of Soaps
"This is a fascinating profile of a coming of age intellectually, spiritually and professionally. Chithelen does not give up despite setbacks, side roads, a temperament that causes him to get into arguments with bosses. There is tremendous humor and a delightful willingness to admit less than macho attitudes - giving up on camping because of the dislike of snakes and bees. He gives life to all his characters - the clothes, their hair. His book is entertaining and instructive - and charming. He has some rare insights - how selling in flea markets is a big plus when analyzing stocks later."
Penelope Karageorge, reporter The National Herald/Ethnikos Kyrix (Greece) and author “Stolen Moments.”
"Ignatius Chithelen has been a schoolteacher, reporter, copy editor, investment analyst, founder of a fund, advisor to flea market vendors. But all he has ever managed, as he freely admits in this funny, moving, and relentlessly candid memoir, is to retain his independence and integrity...I wish more Everymen would write books like this one".
Ashok Mahadevan, former editor Reader’s Digest India and author of upcoming Storm in a Teacup – his first and last novel.
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