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Bengaluru Launches Book Linking Nature, Leadership and Working Life
Manoj Mathew has written a new book called The World Is Carried Within.
It was launched at an event in Bengaluru.
The book has 18 essays and 18 wildlife photographs.
The photographs were taken in places such as Coorg, Nagarahole, Gokarna and Bentota.
Mathew uses what he sees in nature to think about people and workplaces.
The book also discusses leadership and how people behave.
It is his fourth book and follows a trilogy called Dead Reckoning.
Readers can buy a paperback or one of 125 signed hardcover copies.
Manoj Mathew’s fourth book, The World Is Carried Within, was launched in Bengaluru on September 3, 2026.
The book contains 18 essays paired with wildlife photographs taken in India and Sri Lanka.
Its essays reflect on nature, human behaviour, organisations, leadership and working life.
S.D. Shibulal inaugurated the launch, while Ian Faria joined Mathew for an in-conversation session.
Published by Quiet Compass Press, the book is available in paperback and a limited run of 125 signed hardcovers.
- Who
- Manoj Mathew V M wrote the book; S.D. Shibulal inaugurated its launch, and Ian Faria participated in the discussion.
- What
- The World Is Carried Within: Eighteen Essays on the Natural World and the Working Life was launched as the first volume of The Third Eye Series.
- Where
- The event was held at the Verandah Boutique Lounge at Tamara Leisure Experiences headquarters in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
- When
- The launch took place on September 3, 2026; the announcement was dated September 4, 2026.
- Why
- The book was presented as an exploration of how observations of nature can prompt reflections on human behaviour, organisations, leadership and working life.
Key facts
- Author
- Manoj Mathew V M, Senior Vice President – Operations at Tamara Leisure Experiences
- Book
- The World Is Carried Within: Eighteen Essays on the Natural World and the Working Life
- Structure
- 18 essays accompanied by 18 original wildlife photographs
- Series
- Volume I of The Third Eye Series
- Publisher
- Quiet Compass Press
- Editions
- Standard trade paperback and 125 signed hardcover copies
- Career
- More than four decades in hospitality, including 33 years with the Taj Group
Quotes
Manoj Mathew V M FIIHM
Author of The World Is Carried Within and Senior Vice President – Operations at Tamara Leisure Experiences
“I did not set out to write a book about leadership, and I did not set out to write a book about nature. I set out, as always, with a camera. The photographs came first, and what they showed was not always what I had seen. That is where the essays began.”
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