Karmic Design Thinking is on a Kindle Deal Tomorrow — Here's Why You Should Grab It

There are days when the universe sends you a pleasant surprise. Today is one of those days.

I just received word from the Kindle Direct Publishing team that Karmic Design Thinking: A Buddhism-Inspired Method to Help Create Human-Centered Products & Services has been selected for a Kindle Daily Deal on Amazon.in on April 21, 2026.

For one day only, you can grab the Kindle edition for just ₹129.

For My NPTEL Learners

If you are one of the thousands of students who have taken the Design Thinking course on NPTEL, this book is your companion. Everything I teach in the course — the Empathize, Analyze, Solve, and Test (EAST) framework, the connection to Buddha’s Four Noble Truths, the real-world case studies — is in this book. Reading it will give you a deeper, slower, more reflective experience of the ideas that tend to zip past in video lectures.

Think of the course as a conversation. Think of the book as the long, unhurried walk you take after that conversation, where things truly sink in.

What is Karmic Design Thinking?

The seed for this book was planted when I was preparing for a trip to the Ajanta Caves in central India — 2000-year-old Buddhist caves that were hidden from the world for nearly a millennium. While reading about Buddha’s Four Noble Truths — Dukkha, Samudaya, Nirodha, and Magga — it struck me with some force that what Buddha had articulated 2500 years ago in a deer park in Sarnath was, in essence, exactly what Design Thinking tries to do:

1. Dukkha → Empathize: What suffering are people going through?
2. Samudaya → Analyze: Why are they suffering?
3. Nirodha → Solve: How do we resolve the cause of suffering?
4. Magga → Test: What is the path that ends the suffering?

That one insight — that compassion and human-centeredness are not new-age buzzwords but ancient wisdom — became the foundation of Karmic Design Thinking.

Why ₹129 Matters

Design Thinking resources are expensive. Workshops cost thousands. Good books on Amazon can cost upwards of ₹500–1000. At ₹129, there is genuinely no reason not to read this.

If you are a student, a teacher, an entrepreneur, a product manager, or simply someone who is curious about how to solve human problems better — this is for you.

The deal runs only on April 21, 2026. One day. That’s it.

👉 Grab it on Amazon.in

A Small Request

If you have already read the book, consider leaving a review on Amazon. Reviews are the lifeblood of self-published books. They help other readers find it and trust it. Even two sentences would make a meaningful difference.

And if you know someone who is struggling to understand what Design Thinking actually is — beyond the sticky notes and the whiteboards — share this post with them. The book might be exactly what they need.

See you on the other side of a good read.

— Bala