‘The Departing Point’ is about seven different stories which due to some circumstances didn’t meet the happy ending narrated in a humorous way that wouldn’t make readers sad, focused on the issue of love and the social institutions that enable it in urban and rural India. The book covers a myriad of interwoven topics with single theme love. The authors tackle serious issues in a novel format, even throwing in a healthy dose of humor in the book.
The book is available for order now on Amazon, Pothi at moment and will be available at Flipkart very soon.
About the book:
A physicist says ‘Biologically, love is a powerful neurological condition like hunger or thirst, only more permanent’. A psychotherapist says ‘Love has many guises’. Aphilosopher says ‘Love is a passionate commitment’. A romantic novelist says ‘Love drives all great stories’, A nun says ‘Love is free yet binds us’. The authors try to find out what is love from the people who have experienced it. From common people like us. Based on true love experiences, The Departing Point brings seven exciting journeys of love showcasing different situations and circumstances where the travellers for some reason are unable to complete the journey to reach the “happily lived together ever after” station.
Author’s Profile
Santosh Avvannavar: Santosh started his career as a consultant and Soft Skills Trainer. After his college education from NITK, Surathkal, he worked as a re- searcher at University of Eindhoven, University of Twente, and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He was also the Placement President while working at IISC, Bangalore. He has over twenty-five publications of mostly research doc- uments in national and international journals. He has also authored sixteen con- ference papers and regularly writes articles for a national and worldwide daily paper. He also works as an advisor for different organizations. He also dabbles in fiction writing and is the author of Adhuri Prem Kahaniya; Dear Wife, Your Husband is not a Superhero, Second Heart and Get a Job WITHOUT an Interview; Be A B.A.; Surrogate Author; Title is Untitled; Black, Grey and White. He likes to devote his personal time in writing for a website, namely the Amrita Foundation for HRD (www.amritafoundation.wordpress.com). He has conducted seminars and training sessions for more than 40,000 people in India and abroad over the last seven years.
Jyothi Byahatti: Jyothi has done MBA in HR & Marketing from Karnataka University, Dharwad and started career as a banker with ICICI Bank Ltd. She has also worked as a Recruitment Consultant with an executive search firm. Moved on for a short stint in teaching with T John College, Bangalore in the department of Management Studies. Jyothi got involved in proof reading and editing a few books, which inspired her to start writing stories.
Raghunath Babu Are: Author of Title is Untitled. He holds B.E., M.Tech (IISc, Bangalore), Sr. Software Engg, Over 5+ year of experience as a Software Engineer at Yahoo! and Microsoft India. An alumnus of IISc, Bangalore.