Karan Bajaj

Successful Wall Street analyst Max Pzoras, the son of Greek immigrants, survives a violent street confrontation that prompts a visit to India, where he explores questions about suffering and mortality while testing his physical and spiritual endurance.

The Yoga of Max's Discontent

Johnny gone down

Can a man walk on water? Can he see the future? Can he read people's minds? After a deep personal loss, Maximus Pzoras, Harvard economist and Wall Street banker, sets out on a quest to find the cause of human pain and suffering. His journey takes him from New York to a hidden ashram in south India, and then to a freezing cave high in the Himalayas. And as he goes from being a cubicle dweller to a cave-dwelling yogi, he starts to develop extraordinary powers. But will Max, an investment banker turned Himalayan sage, find the answers to the questions that led him to India? The Seeker is the story of a man's tremendous inner transformation, a Siddhartha for our generation.

The Seeker

Samrat's rollercoaster journey begins at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Bangalore, where he spends his time getting high on marijuana while his grades - and self-confidence - plummet. Soon, Samrat's quest for identity turns increasingly bizarre as it takes him places he hadn't planned on visiting - prison, for example - and makes him do things he hadn't banked on doing: 'meditating' stoned with a sexy Danish hippie in the Himalayas, hanging out with a cannibal on the banks of the Ganga, and peddling soap to the formidable Raja Bhaiya in Benares. Does Samrat - Yale valedictorian, investment banker, convict, pothead - survive his fall from grace?

Keep off the Grass

What Do You Do When You Are A Twenty-Five-Year-Old Yale Graduate Making Half-A-Million Dollars A Year As A Hotshot Investment Banker On Wall Street? You Bust Your Ass And Become A Millionaire By Thirty, Of Course. Not If You Are Samrat Ratan, Born In The Usa To Immigrant Indian Parents; You Quit And Enrol In Business School In India Instead. Samrat'S Rollercoaster Journey Begins At The Indian Institute Of Management (Iim) In Bangalore, Where He Spends His Time Getting High On Marijuana While His Grades And Self-Confidence Plummet. Soon, Samrat'S Quest For Identity Turns Increasingly Bizarre As It Takes Him Places He Hadn'T Planned On Visiting Prison, For Example And Makes Him Do Things He Hadn'T Banked On Doing: 'Meditating' Stoned With A Sexy Danish Hippie In The Himalayas, Hanging Out With A Cannibal On The Banks Of The Ganga, And Peddling Soap To The Formidable Raja Bhaiya In Benares. Does Samrat Yale Valedictorian, Investment Banker, Convict, Pothead Survive His Fall From Grace?

Keep Off the Grass

What is your purpose, your Dharma, your innate tendency? Your only path to freedom is to be true to this. No financial upside, no promise of stability, can compensate for a life not lived under this natural law. Western science calls it 'Flow'. Perhaps you experience it now in flashes, sometimes in a moment of selfless love for your children, sometimes in a sudden moment of silence during deep meditation or running, sometimes in your job. But when you live intentionally in accordance with your dharma, you will live with this sense of quiet contentment in all your waking hours. This is your purpose, your meaning of existence in this world. The Freedom Manifesto will give you 7 step-by-step mental models to get liberated to live your best day, daily. Simple, yet profound and relatable, each rule will ensure that your life shapes into the version of your choice.

7 Rules to Live a Life of Your Calling

The Freedom Manifesto

What do you do when you are a twenty-five-year-old Yale graduate making half-a-million dollars a year as a hotshot investment banker on Wall Street? You bust your ass and become a millionaire by thirty, of course.Not if you are Samrat Ratan, born in the USA to immigrant Indian parents; you quit and enrol in business school in India instead.Samrat's rollercoaster journey begins at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Bangalore, where he spends his time getting high on marijuana while his grades - and self-confidence - plummet. Soon, Samrat's quest for identity turns increasingly bizarre as it takes him places he hadn't planned on visiting - prison, for example - and makes him do things he hadn't banked on doing: 'meditating' stoned with a sexy Danish hippie in the Himalayas, hanging out with a cannibal on the banks of the Ganga, and peddling soap to the formidable Raja Bhaiya in Benares. Does Samrat - Yale valedictorian, investment banker, convict, pothead - survive his fall from grace?

Keep Off The Grass

Nikhil Arya has fallen. Once, he was an Ivy League scholar with a promising future at NASA; now, at forty, he is broke, homeless, and minutes away from blowing his brains out in a diabolical modern-day joust. It wasn't meant to be this way. An innocent vacation turned into an epic intercontinental journey that saw Nikhil become first a genocide survivor, then a Buddhist monk, a drug lord, a homeless accountant, a software mogul and a deadly game fighter. Now, twenty years later, Nikhil aka Johnny is tired of running. With the Colombian mafia on his trail and his abandoned wife and son ten thousand miles away, he prepares for his final act, aware that he will have lost even if he wins. Or will he?

Johnny Gone Down

Nikhil Arya has fallen. Once, he was an Ivy League scholar with a promising future at NASA; now, at forty, he is broke, homeless, and minutes away from blowing his brains out in a diabolical modern-day joust. It wasn't meant to be this way. An innocent vacation turned into an epic intercontinental journey that saw Nikhil become first a genocide survivor, then a Buddhist monk, a drug lord, a homeless accountant, a software mogul and a deadly game fighter. Now, twenty years later, Nikhil aka Johnny is tired of running. With the Colombian mafia on his trail and his abandoned wife and son ten thousand miles away, he prepares for his final act, aware that he will have lost even if he wins. Or will he? Is there any greater victory than living a life that knows no limits, a world that has seen no boundaries? From the bestselling author of Keep Off the Grass comes the once-in-a-lifetime story of an ordinary man fighting an extraordinary destiny. Can he pick up the pieces one last time or will Nikhil, now Johnny, go down for good?

Karan Bajaj

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