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My very first book!!

It has been quite some time that I have written anything. Today I was browsing through Flipkart.com, my personal favourite site for books and gadgets (lately). My very first book, a fall out from my Ph.D. thesis was listed there too!! I like that! Who would not? That makes it more easily available in India.

Well, I never planned to go global with my publication, but thanks to LAP Lambert for their proposal. The book was published in November 2010. Back then, I informed some of my knowns informally about that and it is also listed on globally most popular site Amazon.com. Whoa! What's more? It's on Barnes & Noble too!!

When I turn back and review the kind of time it was, from 2004 to 2009.........sigh! Many people around the world do research and I was not doing something extraordinary. Yet, I can say, it has been a very eventful and learning period. Not just academically but that period marked growth of a professional, a person, a human being! I met some very interesting people during that time, with a purpose related to my research work. But they left behind strong impressions on me, be it their personality, their traits, their humane side, their subject expertise or their mere smile that had a message of solace and comfort for me.

I take this opportunity and platform to express my gratitude to all of them. I consider each one of them nothing less than a teacher to me. Although I will keep remembering them often on one occasion or instance, I will surely remember all of them on Teachers' Day, The 5th of September every year and resolve to keep my learning spirit alive, always!!
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