JOURNEY IN BEING

THE AUTHOR[AM1] 

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The critical appreciation of my ideas would be rewarding. However, it is not my first or driving ambition to be a thinker or, specifically, a philosopher. Though significant, ideas are not sufficient. I know this by looking at my life and thought

What I have sought is to be present to the universe—the world and its people, places, events and possibilities. I have sought adventure and two forms of adventure are adventures in ideas and in transformation

I have sought the career path, but as achievement and its direct and peripheral enjoyments—recreation—that life has been insufficient

Enjoyment of the moment is important. Thought, transformation, and writing would not be undertaken without enjoyment. Enjoyment is not peripheral to my endeavor—it indicates to me that I am engaged with a creative adventure. My thought is not intended to be serious for it serves a purpose—the adventure in understanding and transformation—that is its inspiration and guide

Discipline and dedication are important as well—and I am no stranger to sacrifice, even of enjoyment, when occasionally necessary to a greater end. There is a delicate balance between moments and ends

The enjoyment and appreciation is intense at times. The years of effort are a measure of a slow burn—simmering emotion—that is always there. These simple but wonderful rewards have sustained my endeavor

Even though it is an adventure, my relation to the journey has ambivalence. I wonder if, in my ambition—in my estimation of the possible, I deceive myself. When moments of joy seem to be more than enough and when I revel in perception of the universe and in good friendship over thought, I wonder at the effort

I wonder about the elaboration of ideas; even though its development was not so, I know that the essential core is simple. Perhaps I should live a life that emphasizes perception—looking at changing skies, being in the hills, feeling wind and rain, simple friendship…

Doubt reflects uncertainty and endeavor. It is good—perhaps necessary to a journey

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I grew up in India. My home is in Northern California. My daughter, Carissa, lives in Texas. My brother and sister-in-law, Robin and Susan, live in London

My mother was British, my father Indian. My mother taught enjoyment by example; my father instilled discipline by discipline

I love people, ideas and nature. There is wonder in ideas as a key to the universe and wonder in experience as binding to the present. If an idea seems to be significant, I attempt to pursue it to its ultimate form—or until it is revealed to lack significance

I have hiked in New York, Texas, Mexico, New Mexico, Colorado, and California and traveled in India, Britain, the United States, Canada and Mexico. Years ago I hiked many times in Barranca del Cobre, Chihuahua, Mexico; the Barrancas and their magic and people remain inspiring

At high school and college, I participated in sports. I represented my university in athletics, i.e., track and field. Exercise feels healthy—most of all I enjoy running on Pacific beaches and amid dunes and grass. I co-started and ran all phases of a business preparing and serving Indian food. I have worked at a psychiatric hospital

I studied at the Indian Institute of Technology—Kharagpur and University of Delaware. I have a PhD and about ten further years of research in engineering and applied mathematics… my research has been published in respected technical journals

I taught at undergraduate and graduate levels and have given advanced seminars to university faculty and at conferences. I served on the faculty at Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Delaware, University of Texas—Austin, California State University—Humboldt