My favorite novel — "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand.
“Atlas shrugged” is one of the most revered work of fiction; a masterpiece and a widely celebrated effort of “Ayn Rand” that came out in 1957 i.e., almost 14 years after her previous best “The Fountainhead”. Ayn Rand (1905-1982) was born and educated in Russia, however, later moved to the United States in 1926 where she took up a job as a screenwriter in Hollywood. There was no looking back since then and she continued to step up the ladder and ended her journey of life as a venerated Russian-American novelist, screenwriter, playwright and a philosopher. The philosophical aspect has been a subject of study for years (controversial and full of criticism too) and very rightly so because of the profound insights she has offered to the entire world. A very simplistic assessment of her philosophy is — “A” is “A” which implies that we believe and work according to the things that exist in the real world, not paying much heed to faith, religion and the outer world aspect. Hence, she...