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From: RAMACHANDRAN P.P <pprchandru@gmail.com>
Date: 11 October 2012 07:13
Subject: P P R 'S NEW BOOK--HOW TO OBTAIN
To: Franklin Randolph Misquith <frankmisquith@gmail.com>,
From: RAMACHANDRAN P.P <pprchandru@gmail.com>
Date: 11 October 2012 07:13
Subject: P P R 'S NEW BOOK--HOW TO OBTAIN
To: Franklin Randolph Misquith <frankmisquith@gmail.com>,
MY NEW BOOK " A BUNCH OF FRAGRANT ROSES " HAS BEEN RELEASED ON 6th OCTOBER IN NEW DELHI.
PUBLISHERS--ACADEMIC FOUNDATION
THOSE WHO WISH TO HAVE A COPY CAN ORDER IT DIRECTLY FROM THE PUBLISHER--DETAILS GIVEN BELOW.
EASIER METHOD IS TO GIVE YOUR ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER TO ME.
" STRAND BOOK STALL " AND "KITABKHANA" WILL SEND YOUR COPY TO YOUR ADDRESS--
WITH A DISCOUNT OF 20 PERCENT AND FREE POST.
I GIVE BELOW THE "FOREWORD " OF SHRI.S .S.TARAPORE, DETAILS ABOUT THE BOOK AND AUTHOR.
YOU CAN HAVE A LOOK AT THE JACKET IN THE ATTACHMENT.
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Foreword
P.P. Ramachandran, “Chandru” as he is affectionately known, was an official of the Reserve Bank of India
for forty years. The stereotyped view of a central banker is a dry, humourless person focussed
exclusively on his profession. Ramachandran is one of the rare birds who just cannot be classified
into a cubby hole.
Ramachandran’s canvas is the whole wide world and he paints life with a vignette and readers will find this Collectors’ Item an unputdownable book. The sheer breadth of his vision is wonderful to the point of bewilderment. In this slim volume, Ramachandran deftly handles subjects as widely variegated as contemporary issues, religion, science, the fine arts, mythology, social issues and biographical sketches.
Ramachandran is a reconnoitre of events and encounters with eminent personalities. He is at his scintillating best handling vastly different subjects and in one life time he has successively performed as central banker, journalist, social worker, critic, biographer and many more.
At the Reserve Bank of India functions he would regale the audience with his amazing memory of events and inter-action with prominent personalities. Like theVillage School Master in Oliver Goldsmith’s ‘The Deserted Village’ it could be said of Ramachandran: “And still they gaz’d and still the wonder grew, that one small head could carry all he knew”.
Ramachandran’s writings are a Sonata-- a sheaf of memories-- and the reader’s appetite would be whetted by this book and look forward to future volumes by him. Ramachandran is truly a Man for All Seasons.
July 31, 2012
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ABOUT THE BOOK
Here is a delightful medley of essays, articles, speeches, travelogues, book reviews and correspondence with the greats.
The book is divided into five sections.
The first section includes his tributes to great personalities at various functions. We have a chance to read his tribute to Vinda Karandikar, Durga Bhagwat, Albert Einstein, Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, M.S. Subbulakshmi, Mumbai’s bookseller T.N. Shanbag, and S. Chandrasekhar.
Section two consists of 16 book reviews. Ramachandran is a regular reviewer of books for Free Press Journal and “Shanmukha”. He covers a variety of subjects with an authority that is impressive.
The third section is dedicated to travelogues. These are based on his travels to Europe, America, Ashtavinayak, Uttaranchal and Konkan and contain vignettes of a delightful nature.
The fourth section covers essays on a variety of subjects such as religion, science, mythology, and light articles on a number of interesting subjects.
The fifth section covers his correspondence with great personalities like Rajaji, Radhakrishnan, Khushwant Singh, H.R.F. Keating , Pope John Paul I I and Paul Gallico.
In sum, this book is a veritable feast.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
P.P. Ramachandran, 76 years old, is a postgraduate in Economics, postgraduate in Comparative Mythology, and Certificate and Diploma holder in Sanskrit from Mumbai University. He has served in the Reserve Bank of India for 40 years and retired as Deputy General Manager. He writes for a number of journals and is a prolific reviewer of books and a book selector for libraries. He gives lectures regularly to audiences, young and old, on different disciplines. He resides in Mumbai with his wife and two daughters. He is a rare bird—a literary banker. His hobbies are reading, writing, and watching English and Malayalam movies and art-films.
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P.P.Ramachandran
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