This statement expresses what I admire most about Tandan's approach: sheleaves the reader free to pursue his or her own convictions while providingpoints of entry into alternative ways of thought. I, for example, might bedescribed as a rationalist even though I am a prolific dreamer. I will confessthat I read the book not merely as a reviewer but as a reader interested in theinformation for its own sake. At the end, though I remained sceptical, I waswilling to try out one of the suggestions made in the book. It's aproblem-solving technique used by Dr Francis Menezes, director of the TataManagement Institute in Pune. "Take a piece of paper," he suggests,"and think of a problem that has been bothering you ... In a single-phrasequestion, write it down … put it under your pillow ... ponder over yourquestion. When you wake up the next morning try and remember your dream, andwrite it down immediately."