The Monk as Man: The Unknown Life of Swami Vivekananda [Paperback] Sankar

Good book

This is a good book, here is a lot oF unknown information about viveka annanda & after reading this book my respect towards vivekananda was increased at the peak, I just love this book.

It is a good book and contains certain unknown facts about Swamiji. But, some stories about him were very repetitious e.g. his sister committed suicide, he once didn't drink water for 21 days etc. these stories got repeated atleast 5-6 times. First half of the book was awesome but end pages of the book only contain information about his Bad Health. You will become sick after reading such detailed repetitious information about his health.But writer has done a good job. You will understand about Vivekananda better if you will read this book.

Swami Vivekanand is still relevant and source of inspiration

The book is unique in that it shows Vivekananda, the man. There are two chapters on Vivekananda and food. Vivekananda was very keen on cooking.

Amazing facts, about the life of Swami ji, that made me realise that Swami ji was just an ordinary person, like us, with an extra ordinary will power, who played the greatest of the great role, in the nation building, without occupying a public office.

This book is only about his lifestyle nd the foods he liked and about his health and also about his family details in depth.It doesn't include any of his achievements and other aspects of his life.

This book gave a peek into so many different aspects of the great man. His penchant for cooking, the foodie that he was, the description of his mother, the history of his family and the detailed description of the last part was absolutely unknown to me. I loved the book. I agree the editing could have been better as some anecdotes and facts were repeated; am sure by mistake.

Excellent!

its okay. nearly 50% of this book is like a semi-dialogue between the author and someone else. Makes it vague, and unpleasant to read. Fills the pages with nonsense half the time. I feel like its due to the inadequacy of the author Sankar- whos name is as bold and big as the title. In my opinion this is one of the worst lectures/books I have read on Vivekananda and his gurubhai (brother-disciples). There are other books with more authority or even the source of this text. Was not worth the purchase price. And SANKAR the author does not know how to convey anything meaningful. Maybe you will glean at most a handful from this; he could have taken the time to make a definite volume. The text is almost a conversation between some other researcher and him.