Kayakalpa
The Elixir of Everlasting Youth
Paper Type: Book print paper | Size: 224 mm x 147 mm
Black and white
ISBN-10: 8189738674 | ISBN-13: 978-81-89738-67-9
395 | 23 | 12.99
Anuj Kripalani is an internationally renowned
scientist who apparently has everything—scientific breakthroughs, awards, fame,
wealth and a fine family. A deep personal crisis makes him return to India, to
rediscover himself and to find out an answer to the question that has always
haunted the human race from time immemorial. Anuj thus sets forth on a
physical, emotional, spiritual and scientific journey in India. He is reunited
with his former sweetheart and finds spiritual solace in his guru. But the answer
to the question—the key to rejuvenation—continues to elude him till he finally
learns the secret, in which he is helped by a yogi’s Kayakalpa treatment and
modern science. While he feels like a creator, sculpting his human subjects
anew, unforeseen complications arise. He is caught in a dilemma and has to make
a difficult choice. His discovery tests his ethics and ultimately a profound
realisation dawns upon him.
Lakshmi Nandan Bora
Author
An agro-meteorologist by profession, Dr Lakshmi Nandan Bora has so far
authored twenty-nine novels and twenty-six short story collections, some of
which have been bestsellers for a number of years. He has been honoured with
the prestigious ‘Saraswati Samman’ (2008), besides a number of awards,
including ‘Sahitya Akademi Award’ (1988) and ‘Assam Valley Literary Award’
(2004). A former professor of physics and agro-meteorology and chairman of the
Assam Pollution Control Board, he now edits the widely circulated Assamese
weekly Goriyoshi.
Biman Arandhara
Translator
Biman Arandhara, a journalist with The Assam Tribune, has translated over sixty short stories, three novels (including Kayakalpa), a couple of biographies and several other articles of
varying interests.