The author’s father was a follower of Gandhi who encouraged his son to think independently and study science. Promod Kumar Sharma started writing at the age of ten and continued ti...view moreThe author’s father was a follower of Gandhi who encouraged his son to think independently and study science. Promod Kumar Sharma started writing at the age of ten and continued till he graduated as an engineer from I. I. T. Kanpur. The authors he liked in his college days were Ernest Hemingway, Maxim Gorky and Munshi Premchand. He discovered that modern education provides information and knowledge but filters away wisdom.
Promod enjoyed exploring and experimenting. He spent major part of his life as a successful technical entrepreneur but a financial struggler. At the age of 64 now, he studies scriptures, teaches physics and experiments with education.
Promod speaks very little; and virtually nothing about himself. He said, “One learns from life, but only when he has true sense of justice and tries to live on his own terms. Making use of one’s intellect for exploration, analysis and drawing inferences is fine but conclusions must come from heart.”view less