The characters of Panchatantra (meaning, Five Chapter in Sanskrit)are somehow redefined and relocated in this illustrious creation Panchatantra- Parables for 21st Century by Gautam Bhatia. Ideally set at the backdrop of modern India all the characters from Panchatantra gains a contemporary diction in this novel.

Born in 1952, Gautam Bhatia graduated in fine arts and did his post-graduate studies in Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. Gauram Bhatia is a famous name in the field of writing. He is the recipient of several national and international awards for his architectural work and study. He is the author of Laurie Baker: Life, Works, Writings; Punjabi Baroque and Other Memories of Architecture; Silent Spaces and Other Stories of Architecture; Malaria Dreams and Other Visions; Panchatantra: Parables for the 21st Century and a Short History of Everything. He lives and practices in New Delhi as well.

Synopsis:
This book `Panchatantra- Parables for 21st Century` is written by Gautam Bhatia Inspired by James Finn Garner`s politically Correct Bedtime Stories, best-selling author Gautam Bhatia takes the men, women and animals of the Panchatantra and relocates them in contemporary India with its newly acquired notions of political correctness. This book is very interesting in sense that this book explains the total thing in a beautiful manner. Yajnadatta, who leaves her husband for a woman; the expatriate dog Chitranga who flees racial persecution in the West; and a mongoose with an Oedipus complex, armed with a .45 Colt. As these characters engage with the burning issues of the day - unemployment, oppression, environmental pollution, sexual incompatibility, etc all of the characters lay exposed the hilarious absurdities of our messed up world.

This book `Panchatantra- Parables for 21st Century` is published by.... and written by Gautam Bhatia. The original text, now lost may have been written down between 100 BC and AD 500.