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The author is a vivid raconteur. His life in different countries as an Indian career diplomat, have been captured in narrative form and will be published as a series of books. This essay is a short snippet extracted from the main memoirs and recounts the author's personal experience with two Indian Saints. As per Indian tradition, the short essay sets the auspicious mark, as a beginning to the main series to be published under the title "Four Decades - Through Thick and Thin".

Long admired for its literacy rates, healthcare infrastructure and human development, Kerala simultaneously grapples with economic stagnation, migration pressures, governance paradoxes and social tensions. The Kerala Club is a rare, insider-led exploration of one of India's most debated states, its triumphs, contradictions and unresolved dilemmas.With contributions from senior and retired civil servants with deep links to Kerala, the book brings together candid, experience-...

When a much below average lad like Subbu wins a mega jackpot lottery, can glitz, glamour and girlfriends be far behind? Who will his lady love be? Tina, his batch mate with a fondness for fancy cars; Dhanashree, the pretty dance instructor from the finishing school; Maya, the voluptuous disciple of a fake Swamiji; Jennifer, the beauty queen or perhaps Shraddha, the naughty airhostess on board the Chennai flight? Will his newly found status help Subbu deliver motivational speeches at schools? ...

We live in the noisiest era in human history. Notifications tug at us, screens consume our days, and our minds, once capable of deep thought and presence, are now fragmented, tired, and overwhelmed. Clarity Copilot is your antidote to the Digital Pandemic.In this groundbreaking guide, Dr. Sreeni unpacks how constant connectivity hijacks dopamine, drains focus, disrupts sleep, reshapes relationships, and erodes our emotional resilience. Blending neuroscience, psychology, le...

On 6 December 1959, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru went to Dhanbad district in Jharkhand to inaugurate the Panchet Dam across the Damodar river. A fifteen-year-old girl, Budhini, chosen by the Damodar Valley Corporation welcomed him with a garland and placed a tikka on his forehead. When these ceremonial gestures were interpreted as an act of matrimony, the fifteen-year-old was ostracized by her village and let go from her job as a construction worker, citing violation of Santal tradition...

In this clever, convivial picture book, an Indian boy untangles a mathematical conundrum to win a place at the Rajah's court.In ancient India, a boy named Bhagat travels to the Rajah's city, hoping to ensure his family's prosperity by winning a place at court as a singer. Bhagat carries his family's entire fortune--a single coin and a chain of seven golden rings--to pay for his lodging. But when the innkeeper demands one ring per night, and every link snipped costs...

This eBook is the fourth volume in the series entitled "Four Decades Through Thick and Thin – Musings of a Diplomat". The series is an autobiography of portions of the author's forty years of service with the Indian Foreign Service and its predecessor - the British Indian Foreign Service. While the earlier volumes dwell on the author's postings abroad, this particular volume is based in India – in Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat, where the author was on special deputation from the Govern...

In the glittering rot of Sodom, where opium blooms like dark flowers since time immemorial, Lot, a foreigner, threads his life through shadows—with his wife, daughters, and humanity at stake. Sodom is a modern inferno, devouring its own: Emalath, Bithya, Jachin, mere echoes in its relentless feast. Lot's solitary compassion fractures the city's void, his kindness is but a costly lamentation.The Stain reimagines the biblical scape, a Levantine dreamscape where the known unra...

A pandemic made us all sad, mute and tremble with fear. We locked the entire world one day and isolated ourselves from each other. This book Thoughts Unlocked Lockdown Days Musings is a perfect riposte to a pandemic that has rendered the humans voiceless. Writer Sreenivasan ruminates on how the pandemic made a larger impact on his life and those around him. It would give the reader an insight into how a human mind works when, one day, the world closes all its doors and puts us all under ho...

This book is a compilation of daily prayers along with their purposes. As a new mom myself, I wanted this book to be extremely handy in today’s fast-moving times where we want to give it all we have while simultaneously understanding the ‘why’ of everything.These prayers have been with me night and day through my highs and lows. I would like to share them with my readers.While growing up, the evening ritual was to finish our sports, freshen up, pray and eat amongst our loved ...

This experiential narrative on the life in the Indian Foreign Service by former Ambassador T. P. Sreenivasan provides a sneak peak into the charms and challenges of the IFS to help civil service aspirants make informed choices. The glimpses of the different aspects of diplomatic life will also enlighten general readers.

The girl's mouth fell open. 'Your father was a king?'Amma smiled. 'And not any old king, either,' she said proudly. 'He was the greatest ever to rule these parts.'The girl still looked disbelieving. 'What was his name, then, Amma? Go on, tell me.''His name,' she said, 'was Krishna Deva Raya, King of Kings.'This jaunty adventure, set in the late 16th century, takes young readers on a whirlwin...