Indian Economic and Social Traditions

Krishna Kumar Somani, Born in 1934, in a village in Rajasthan with earlier education upto the age of 9 yeaers in the village itself and subsequently shifted to Mumbai in 1943 where all further education took place leading to graduation in electrical engineering in 1955 and again re-graduation in mechanical engineerings in 1957. Consequent to engineering education, was associated in large number of industries comprising cement, engineering, chemical, paper etc., at various levels adn hence, could gain extensive knowledge and experience in running of modern industries from small scale to large scale and had also large amount of human interaction at various levels from employees to management and from suppliers to customers. From beginning itself, there was a deep desire to learn about ancient Indian tradition and Hindu ph8ilosophy. Hence, participated at various religious functions and discourses on Ramayan and Shrimad Bhagwad and other Puranas and also discourses on Bhagwad Gita; Upanishads etc. Also undertook personal studies of various religious texts. However, subsequent to becoming a regular follower of Pujya Pandurang Shastri Athawale, it was possible to intellectually understand meaning of various stories and incidents as propounded in different Puranas. This opened eyes about the scientific basis underlying Hindu Philosophy resultings in this effort in bringing out the strong traditional values based on deep study and nterest of the old sages on all aspects of life in this country.