Nothing Moves as it Should
Dignity Dialogue|January 2020
Huned Contractor interacts with author Atul Khanna about his book ‘Between You and Me: Flight to Societal Moksha’ that is being discussed by the intelligentsia.
Nothing Moves as it Should

There is of course no denying the fact that there are too many things that are wrong with today’s India — society, politics, economy, constitution, institutions, mindsets, bureaucracy, etc. But such

is the lot that we plod on, at best criticising and abusing the system even as we go about our task of daily living. Atul Khanna, however, decided to put it down in words, and not just to point out the flaws and foibles lated nonfiction. Over to the author then to know more about him and the book: but to provide solutions that may work. The result has been an interesting book titled ‘Between You and Me: Flight to Societal Moksha’. It's a book recommended for those who enjoy socio-political and economy-re

Could you tell us something about yourself?

| am a first-generation entrepreneur. | was born into a family of chartered accountants. My late father was among the doyens of the profession. Though | was good at it, | did not pursue accountancy. | enjoyed entrepreneurship, though the term didn’t exist then. Risk, to me, is not a factor when pursuing your dreams. | then built a manufacturing company in cutting tools, taking on world leaders and that did well. Sadly, my partner had to sell internationally and | sold too. It was my forced brush with serious money in a parting | didn’t want.

I entrusted it to the care of the family and went back to doing what | liked — startup entrepreneurship. This time my target was Europe and | wanted to make a mark. The second goal was altruistic, to help create a knowledge corridor with Europe, because such corridors can have less understood, transformational effects on societies. That’s another topic though. We do design engineering for transportation vehicles for a living. Up to 99.9% of our income is from Europe.

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