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The writing of God and
Destiny, making its book proposal, and preparing its
manuscript for review were solitary activities. But
after that, through the process of its review and
publication, I have received the help of many
people.
Sabhajit Mishra and R
A Singh reviewed the whole manuscript carefully for
fundamental or theoretical errors related to the
fields of philosophy and physics respectively. The
questions posed and corrections suggested by them
have helped in elevating the level of the book. The
comments and suggestions of Sudhanshuji Maharaj,
Hariharkripalu Tripathi, and Sagarika Ghose were
priceless. I am grateful to all the reviewers for
their time and effort.
I am very thankful to
Arun Shourie, who is one of my heroes, for his
invaluable help and guidance in the publication of
the book. I am also obliged to Rajendra Awasthi,
Jaswant Singh, Ashwani Chanan, Tushar Gandhi, Late L
M Singhvi, Reema Huja, William Dalrymple, David
Godwin, Indrajeet Hazra, Bharati Kirchener, and
Anushka Ravishanker for their guidance in different
aspects and stages of publishing of God and
Destiny.
I am thankful to Rupa
& Co. for providing a vast and credible platform for
this book to be published and read. From acquisition
of the manuscript to publication of the book, people
from Rupa have worked enthusiastically on the
project. Those whose role I am aware of are R K
Mehra, Kapish Mehra, Vijay Kumar Sharma, Sanjana Roy
Choudhury, Trisha Bora, and Smita Singh. I am
appreciative of team Rupa for their confidence in my
work, for their contributions to the project, and
for their patience with me. Thanks to Vivek Sahni
Design for the appropriate cover design and to Raj
John and Sanjay Gupta of Mindways Design for apt
typesetting of the manuscript.
I have been working on
God and Destiny full time since June 1998.
Throughout this time my parents have supported me
fully and have given me all possible help. Without
their support, I am not sure whether I would have
ever been able to accomplish this project. So this
book is theirs as much as it is mine. Ma, pa, I do
not have enough words or writing skill to thank you,
to express my gratitude towards you.
Through all these
years, my younger brother Vikas has remained my best
friend. He has always recognised the value of my
project and stood behind the cause. He has
encouraged, helped, cheered, and criticised me
whenever I needed. Whenever he provided any
assistance to me (and that happened countless
times), he amusingly demanded in return a percentage
of my potential income from the book. I am indebted
to you more than one hundred per cent bro.
I am thankful to
Kalraj Mishra, Madhurji Maharaj, Bhupendra Chaubey,
Sadakant Shukla, Dinesh Chandra Dubey, Maheshwar
Mishra, Yagyeshwar Mishra, Prem Pathak, Rekha
Pathak, Amit Shukla, Ragini Shukla, Umesh Mishra,
Rekha Misra, Vijayanand Pandey, Rita Pandey,
Chudamani Tripathi, Ganesh Datt Shukla, Paras Nath
Shukla, Sudhir Kumar Shukla, Usha Shukla, Sunil
Kumar Shukla, Anjana Shukla, Rajesh Mishra, Vijay
Kumar Shukla, Anupama Shukla, Shitala Prasad Pandey,
Ghanshyam Shukla, Anil Shukla, Indu Prakash Pathak,
Neelam Pathak, Ravindra Kumar Shukla, Shailesh Kumar
Mishra, and Ajit Kumar Srivastava for their
respective help.
Finally, I express my
gratitude towards Rajiv Mishra, Yasha Mishra, Mr &
Mrs Jagat Pal Pathak, Pradeep Kumar Tripathi, Pushpa
Tripathi, Noor Fatma, Sameer Kumar Shukla, Rashmi
Shukla, Thakur Singh Mapwal, Tilak Singh Martolia,
Manu Chopra, Rudresh Singh, Ashutosh Srivastava,
Marjan Kheirollahi, Katihana Kirk, Faiz Ahmed, and N
Ramachandra Rao for their love, care, encouragement,
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