In aceasta carte cu o coperta ca o bijuterie, eleganta si discreta, veti gasi intelepciunea sanscrita - proverbe si cugetari din cele mai importante opere - Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagavadgita, Upanisade, Legile lui Manu, Pancatantra... Cugetarile lui Kalidasa si Sudraka vor intregi tabloul intelepciunii indiene care ne poate fi indrumar de comportare, de evolutie spirituala.
James Alfred "Alf" Wight, OBE, FRCVS (3 October 1916 – 23 February 1995), known by the pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and writer, who used his many years of experiences as a veterinary surgeon to write a series of books each consisting of stories about animals and their owners.[1] He is best known for these semi-autobiographical works, beginning with All Creatures Great and Small in 1972. The British television series adapted from the books is also titled All Creatures Great and Small.