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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
This must-read book is an interesting compilation of incidents/accidents/WWII/anecdotes/Epics of different genre that have occurred in different time periods and in different corners of this world
The stories range from true-life events of a fisherman in Rameswaram to a Japanese Emperor who ended the WW II. The world’s most unforgettable accidents of the 19 Al-Qaida terrorists, hijacked four aircrafts on 9/11 in 2001 and destroyed the WTC, Manhattan, NY, USA.
The Swiss nationals’ endearing nature of their mother tongue. The bondage between the mother and the child with reference to Mahabharata epic. Two love stories - Pandian Express and about Shah Jahan & Mumtaz. The heart-wrenching stories of the death of young children in Yemen due to conflicts between the government and the militants. The tales of an African ruler who abolished the country’s own currency… yes, there is one for everyone!
Each story/anecdote is correlated with a Thirukural couplet, an effort to convey to the global community; the significance of Virtue, Wealth and Love. Thiruvalluvar had scripted totally 1330 couplets, out of which 250 couplets are the essential part of human “Love and Life” related. The Tamil Mahan was a sage, poet, war strategist, a management consultant, business strategist, dietician, medical doctor and at the end he is a true lover who lived 2,000 years back in Tamil Nadu, India.
The author is a widely travelled personality, having visited all the continents and all the major countries over the past four decades.
Thangai
Thangai (Dasnavis Fernando) is a native of Thangachimadam, India, and studied international business management at Kingsborough College, Brooklyn, USA. He has operated Freezers Trawlers and is an exporter of lobsters and prawns. He was a nominated director in the Shipping Corporation of India for a term and later joined as a ‘Friendly Equity Partner’ with Mitsubishi Group Co., Japan. Along with his Japanese friends, he travelled to all continents. This is his second world tour with Thiruvalluvar along with three co-authors from different parts of the world.
Dr. Kailash Nath, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. (Yale), Canada, is an academician, trained at Yale and UC, Berkeley, and had his joint exposure at Harvard and Stanford. He is preoccupied with a project on globalization and sustainable development appertaining human identity along with fellow international scholars. His famous terms of ‘salad bowl’ vs. ‘melting pot’, Glocal—Global issues informed by Local and vice versa—all come into the fray.
Saminathan Mathialagan alias Irai. Mathialagan from Singapore, an engineer turned IT entrepreneur, has served in several global organizations. As a Tamil poet, his notable work is the song about Dr. Kalam sung by Shankar Mahadevan. His initiative in digital publications like a documentary on thirty Singapore poets and six songs for Singapore are commendable.
Keerthi Prasad, Melbourne, Australia, is a reputed author and blogger. His book, Mentor as a Thought Partner, led him to co-found a not-for-profit organisation that connects mentors and mentees. A widely travelled personality, Keerthi is an astute entrepreneur, a skills-knowledge enabler and a board member in several institutions.
