Mr. Thomas:
My Father
An honest exploration of the changing relationship between two men: a father and a son.
Some lessons arrive much later.
The book moves through admiration, friendship, competition, anger, distance and, finally, understanding. It is about the things parents teach us knowingly, the things they teach us without realising it, and the lessons we sometimes understand only after they are gone.
01. The Man
PresenceThe early years when a father is simply an imposing figure in the background—someone whose presence defines the atmosphere of the house long before you understand his thoughts.
“My father was a streetlight, not a lighthouse.”
He did not show me the entire journey. He simply stood where he was meant to stand and gave me enough light to take the next few steps.
Some readers saw Mr. Thomas.
Many saw their own fathers.
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“The core strength here is the honesty. The author doesn’t shy away from the complicated, sometimes painful parts of the father-son bond, the distance, the misunderstandings, the years of conflict that don’t get magically resolved just because blood is involved. What I appreciated most is that it doesn’t romanticize the relationship. It shows the real texture of it, the frustration alongside the love, the distance alongside the connection.”
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Ashish Thomas
Ashish Thomas is a technology leader, mentor, coach, teacher and author with more than two decades of experience leading teams and developing leaders.
He has lived and worked across India and Europe, speaks six languages, and remains deeply interested in understanding people, relationships and the experiences that shape them.
Through his leadership programmes, Ashish helps middle managers grow into senior leaders by making complex ideas simple, relatable, memorable and practical.
Unapologetically content. Constantly observing. Forever learning.
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You may begin this book thinking about Mr. Thomas. You may finish it thinking about your father-figure.
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