He bowled extremely fast during his heydays for Hyderabad and was one of the most feared exponents of new ball. But, it has been a different ball game and Harimohan Paruvu has clearly mastered the art of showing the other side of his life through his books with ease.
And the latest one, This Way Is Easier Dad , published by Jaico Publishers and released by former India left-arm spinner S.L. Venkatapathi Raju, Purnima Nagaraja, a psychiatrist and psychotherapist, and Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary to Telangana government (IT), is another glowing example of the way Harimohan plays with words to convey the beauty of a father-child relationship.
Harimohan, who dons multiple roles — a writer, blogger, executive coach and workshop facilitator, authored his first work of cricket fiction in Indian writing in English The Men Within which was made into a Telugu film Golconda High School .
He said his new book was a collection of 100 blogs and six interviews by him since the time his daughter Anjali was three years old (she is now nine-and-a-half years old).
“The blogs highlight incidents, thoughts and actions of a child that show how uncomplicated and simple a child’s mind is,” the former Ranji pacer told The Hindu .
“While adults complicate their life, a child thinks in a simple way and finds easier, many a time, better solutions. If adults can listen to children and understand their perspective, they can learn many lessons from a child’s uncomplicated view,” he explained.
Harimohan said each chapter relates to an incident, followed by a contrasting view of how adults could react to the same situation, and ends with a return gift, which is a clear takeaway.
“The time you spend with your children is never wasted. It’s true that little people have old souls and big ideas. This book, which is more or less a conversation between a perceptive daughter and her indulgent father, reveals all the truths that we overlook in our eagerness to get ahead in life,” Harimohan said.
The book has been illustrated by Chacha Surendra.
