Professor Ki Diary  (Hindi, Paperback, Yadav Laxman)

This book, written in the style of a diary, notes, and observations, investigates the era in which it is set. It covers significant social and political events while also telling the story of a socially conscious young man emerging in the midst of these occurrences. He is born into a backward farming family, with the weight of his family's expectations and his own dreams resting on his shoulders. He does not treat books as mere tools to secure a job; instead, he uses them as a lens to understand society. He transforms from a professor for his students in class to a professor for the common people. The work is fictional because the names have been altered, yet it is nonfiction because the conditions of educational institutions and socio-political circumstances are entirely accurate. It contains narrative, dialogue, and satire, along with the brilliance of oratory and analysis. In short, it has everything that makes for a compelling read.