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Dr. R. B. Sharma
Born and brought up in a deeply spiritual environment of rural India, I was always attracted toward the sacred and the religious lore. A relatively small institution named ‘Ved-vedang Sanskrit Vidy...view moreBorn and brought up in a deeply spiritual environment of rural India, I was always attracted toward the sacred and the religious lore. A relatively small institution named ‘Ved-vedang Sanskrit Vidyalaya’ was located in the village temple complex, where quite a few young mendicants studied Sanskrit and the original Vedic scriptures under the guidance of a couple of well read and well revered teachers. This hermitage used to be my favourite haunt after the school hours. The place was frequently visited by Vedic scholars, preachers, and social reformers who held discourses in the language well understood by the common folk on a wide variety of subjects concerning cultural, religious, moral, and spiritual heritage of India. The Upanisadic parables and their teachings were the piece de resistance during these events. There, perhaps were the seeds laid in the virgin soil, which abide for time to bloom.
I served the Indian Army from 1962 to 1992, working in the field of Human Resource Development as faculty in several prestigious institutions. During the service, I was awarded Vishisht Seva Medal by the President of India on the Republic Day-1984. After retirement, the irresistible sound of the distant chants of the Vedic sages lured me to study the great speculative premises regarding the life ‘here’ and ‘yonder’. The present work is the outcome.
My doctoral work entitled ‘History of Christian Missions in North India from 1813 to 1914’ was published in 1988. I contribute to journals and magazines on cultural, religious, educational, and geo-strategic subjects. Presently, my wife Prem and I reside in Noida, an up-and-coming township in the National Capital Region of Delhi (India). I am associated with several literary and social fora as also with some reputed strategic studies related think tanks.view less