A Dean's five questions

Ryan spoke about the five questions that all of us must focus on to lead more fulfilling lives

Wait, What?

And Life’s Other Essential Questions

James E Ryan

Harper One

138 pages; Rs 499

The graduation ceremony speech has become an art form of its own in the 21-st century. Colleges, especially in the West, invite intellectual celebrities to dish out wisdom to the graduating class. In the age of YouTube, these videos quickly go viral and so it is that we see titans such as Steve Jobs and David Foster Wallace don the gear and offer words of inspiration and hope.

In 2016, Harvard Graduate School of Education Dean James E Ryan delivered the commencement speech at the