Noting down the day-to-day events that struck the authors’s mind way back some 50 years ago and giving them the shape in a book form is a reflection of his strong desire to present to the readers and book lovers his thoughts, impressions, comments on people, places and books, actions and reactions etc. This volume contains his notings spanning over a period of 35 years from 1964 to 1999 and mentions about the places and countries he visited during this period. The places the author visited in India were Gandhigram (his native village), Hyderabad and a few other places. His travel to other countries includes Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Britain, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Taiwan (Republic of China) and United States of America. The readers will find brief descriptions and comments on people and places the author met and visited during the period covered in the volume
ABOUT THE AUTHOR E.D. Setty
Dr. E. Desingu Setty, trained as a social scientist has extensive and diverse national and international experience in the field of development for around a half century. He was awarded Ford Foundation scholarship for his undergraduate program in Rural Studies. He holds two Master Degrees, viz., MCD & MA and PhD. Served as a direct hire international faculty at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand for a period of nine years. A celebrated writer of thirteen books and over fifty papers and articles published in national and international journals, his three-volume work on the Valayar of South India is likened to Nobel Laureate Gunnar Myrdal’s Asian Drama. Prepared a report on Rural Industrialization, Small-Scale and Cottage Industries in Asia under the aegis of the United Nations Center for Regional Development (UNCRD), Nagoya, Japan, Served as a consultant to UNESCAP, UNESCO, BRAC (Dhaka), Bangladesh, LIPI (Indonesia) and Continuing Education Center, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok (Thailand). He was Professor at Maharishi Institute of Management, Visiting Professor at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management Studies and CMR Institute of Management, Bangalore, India. Presently working as a Consultant with Dr. MCR HRD Institute of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, India.
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