When the author was born, the parents were happy. The whole family was delighted. But there was a serious concern.

The author's horoscope indicates danger to his father's life. The author was taken on the tenth day of his birth and brought up by his maternal grandfather.

The author's childhood memories are the days spent in the paddy fields, cranking a late 40's Vauxhall for the joy ride, swimming, sharing the frugal laborer's meal at noontime, and joining in their folk songs. Living with his grandfather, the author finished his schooling and further studies in Civil engineering.

The natural selection of engineering came to the author from his paternal grandfather's gene, an expert in Public Health engineering. Grandfather's knowledge of Indian literature drove him to be a hero in stage dramas and theaters. To his credit, he had well over a hundred Theatre performances. He was the founder member of two important clubs: Sugana Vilas Ghana Sabha and Madura Dramatic Club.

Author's Grandpa also wrote six screenplays and four books. These books are referred to even today as classical works in Telugu literature.

Sailing away from the motherland, the author obtained his Master's degree from Brunel University, Uxbridge, and learned business management at Henley Management College, U.K. To his credit, the author had completed the first tallest landmark building in Bahrain, which was well received and appreciated by the country and its Prime Minister. He pioneered the idea of installing about 300 feet of bolted glazing to the building, which has become the first building in the whole world.

The author met a Psychic who drew simple single-line portrait pictures of two men as the author's Guru in his fifth and tenth previous birth. The Psychic refused to take even a penny for his service. The psychic, while leaving, told that the author would meet a guru in 2002 to learn the secrets of ancient marma.

The psychic's words became almost Gospel truth when the author met a doctor for his back pain in August 2002. He took the author as his third disciple in a row to teach marma sutra. It happened just like that!

The doctor, as a guru, asked the author to write a book. Maybe the paternal Grandpa's gene just sprouted with this book from the author!