This book is the second volume in the series, "Four Decades Through Thick & Thin - Musings of a Diplomat" which was started by the Author originally as real life anecdotes told to his family, from his forty years' career as Indian foreign services career official. The current volume is based during the Author's posting to Iran during the years 1948 - 1950. Volume 1 of the series, also published by Smashwords, was based in the Persian Gulf of the mid Nineteen Forties.This book is al...

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...

This book is the third in a series of books that constitute the Memoirs of a retired Indian Foreign Service officer. The Memoirs recount memorable parts of the author's forty years as a diplomat. This book is based on the author's posting in Moscow during the Soviet era. There are 3 Indian personalities celebrated by the author in this book. Mr. K.P.S. Menon, an epic Indian diplomat who laid the foundation for the lasting friendship between India and Russia, Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, the chari...

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? ...

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-...

The author is a retired Indian Foreign Service career diplomat and the series captures vivid experiences from his four decades of service. In this book, the author traces the start of his career as a young man from south India crossing the seas to begin his career in the British-administered states of the Persian gulf. The book takes one back to an era when oil was just being discovered and the war was not yet over.

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.

A novel approach to the crucial role emotion plays in virtuous actionWhat must a person be like to possess a virtue in full measure? What sort of psychological constitution does one need to be an exemplar of compassion, say, or of courage? Focusing on these two examples, Emotion and Virtue ingeniously argues that certain emotion traits play an indispensable role in virtue. With exemplars of compassion, for instance, this role is played by a modified sympat...

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".

Fundamentals of Offshore Engineering addresses the basics of design for offshore oil and gas production systems and examines the health, safety, and environmental (HSE) aspects in the oil and gas industry with emphasis toward safety measures in design and operations. It also covers fundamental issues of crude oil and natural gas exploration and extraction and also includes coverage of seismic surveys and green energy systems. Details of offshore platforms, describing the types, hi...

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...

How to be good, healthy, and religious?How to stop worries, manage time, and control anger?How to be happy, wealthy, control the mind, and stay positive?This book is an attempt to understand the possible answers to these common life questions, the author gathered through his various readings. Some snippets from the book are:• Good life is not a passive existence where we live and let others live. It is one of involvement with family and friends to make life le...