Lighter than Yesterday

Author :

Rakesh Kumar Prajapati

Publisher:

Rupa Publications

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Publisher	Rupa Publications
Publication Year	2026
ISBN-13	9789379578136
ISBN-10	937957813X
Binding	Paperback
Number of Pages	448 Pages
Language	(English)
Weight (grms)	318
Subject	Classic Fiction

When the world sees achievement, why does the soul still ache for something more?

Jai spent his life pursuing a dream inherited long before he could fully understand it. Armed with his grandfather’s faith and his own relentless discipline, he cracked one of the country’s toughest examinations and stepped into the rarefied world of power, prestige, and purpose.

From crowded railway platforms and hostel corridors to the solemn machinery of the Indian Administrative Service, his life seemed to move steadily towards fulfilment.

And yet, in the stillness that followed achievement, one question refused to leave him: Is this all there is?

Rakesh Kumar Prajapati

Rakesh Kumar Prajapati is a dual graduate in Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering from BITS Pilani, with a stint at INSEAD, Fontainebleau. He joined the IAS, on his first attempt and has served for over a decade, earning recognition from the President of India for his contributions to public service. Counted among India Today’s ‘New Action Heroes’ during the Covid-19 pandemic, he owes his values to his late grandfather, a farmer, and his discipline to his father, a retired soldier of the Indian Army. His writing is shaped by Eastern thought and Western existentialism. Lighter than Yesterday is his debut novel and is described as a meditation on awakening.