Manab began his professional banking career in 1974. Posted to a small violent town in western Rajasthan, an ultra-conservative society, seeped in religious bigotry, oppressive towards girls, jarred Manab’s sensibilities. That’s where the story of “THE ETERNAL SCALE” began. In 1986, Manab joined a US bank in Mumbai. An entrepreneurial streak gathered momentum. Manab led green field diversification programs of India’s largest publication house into financial services. And then, for India’s largest domestic Pharma company. Meanwhile he completed programs at IIM Ahmedabad. Next stop was Bahrain. Managing private equity investments, using cross border mergers and acquisitions to provide exemplary returns, focus shifted to Information Technology and its confluence with finance. That took Manab to the USA, pursuing mergers, turnarounds, and strategic redirection of businesses, helping start-ups. Meanwhile he completed a program at Rutgers Business School, New Jersey. Co-founding an India focused Foundation for supporting women and girls, in 2022, after 28 years abroad, Manab moved back to India. He now lives in Kolkata with his wife, Indrani and Muffy the cute Maltese. Their only son Saurav lives in Barcelona, with his wife Alejandrina. Gender inequality, social prejudice, lack of opportunities has always exasperated Manab. That’s why this book. Enjoy!