Translated to English, Mera Jeevan, Meri Shartein (Hindi) means My Life, My Rules. It is the the story of eighteen unique individuals and their equally unique career choices. A few of the people mentioned in this interesting book are Rahul Akerkar, who has a master's degree in Biochemical Engineering from the United States of America but is better known as the hot-shot chef at Indigo, a fine dining restaurant in Mumbai; Manohar Parrikar, the Chief Minister of India's most vibrant city Goa, is an alum of the prestigious IIT (Bombay); Rashmi Uday Singh, a well known food critic, used to be India's Deputy Commissioner for Income Tax; and, Harsha Bhogle, the popular cricket commentator, studied at IIT (Ahmedabad).