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    • IMMORTAL COVET BY J. L. BERKOWITZ
    • MIA KAMARA BEY
      • MASTERING LOVE THROUGH MASTERING YOU BY MIA KAMARA BEY
    • ELSE BYSKOV
      • EARTH, UNIVERSE, GOD IN COSMIC PERSPECTIVE BY ELSE BYSKOV
    • ROBERT ANDERSON LOVE WINS
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    • ANN MARIE THOMAS
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      • WHY & HOW GOWER SERIES WAS WRITTEN
      • SWANSEA MIRACLE BY ANN MARIE THOMAS
    • A MISSION IN KASHMIR; AUTHOR: ANDREW WHITEHEAD
    • LONG ROAD TO SIACHEN by KUNAL VERMA & RAJIV WILLIAMS
    • BACK TO HEALTH THROUGH YOGA; BY RAMESH BIJLANI
    • KINGDOM WITHOUT BORDERS...SAUDI ARABIA; EDITOR: MADAWI AL-RASHEED
    • THE TRAGEDY OF TIBET; BY MAN MOHAN SHARMA
    • THE MYSTIC EYE, YOGI, MYSTIC AND VISIONARY; BY SADHGURU
    • AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN UNKNOWN INDIAN PART2; NIRAD C CHAUDHURI
    • INDO-US RELATIONS: DIVERGENCE TO CONVERGENCE; BY VIVEK CHADHA
    • MAKING MIRACLES; BY ARNOLD FOX & BARRY FOX
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    • ENCOUNTERS WITH MEN OF MIRACLES; BY MAYAH BALSE
    • TRACING AN INDIAN DIASPORA; CENTRE FOR STUDY OF INDIAN DIASPORA, HYDERABAD
    • BOOK REVIEW: BARRACK OBAMA DREAMS COME TRUE; AUTHOR: BARACK OBAMA
    • THE THREE TRILLION DOLLAR WAR; BY JOSEPH STIGLITZ, LINDA BILMES
    • PLIGHT OF HONESTY: BY DR G SUNDARAM, IAS
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      • ELSE BYSKOV
        • EARTH, UNIVERSE, GOD IN COSMIC PERSPECTIVE BY ELSE BYSKOV
      • ROBERT ANDERSON LOVE WINS
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        • MEET DR WILLIAM G ALSTON
      • CHASING DRAGONS BETWEEN DIMENSIONS
      • FISH NEALMAN
        • ESTEBAN-1 BY FISH NEALMAN
      • DON'T SIT DOWN 'CAUSE I'VE MOVED YOUR CHAIR
      • PHOBIA RELIEF BY KALLIOPE BARLIS
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        • WHY & HOW GOWER SERIES WAS WRITTEN
        • SWANSEA MIRACLE BY ANN MARIE THOMAS
      • A MISSION IN KASHMIR; AUTHOR: ANDREW WHITEHEAD
      • LONG ROAD TO SIACHEN by KUNAL VERMA & RAJIV WILLIAMS
      • BACK TO HEALTH THROUGH YOGA; BY RAMESH BIJLANI
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      • THE TRAGEDY OF TIBET; BY MAN MOHAN SHARMA
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      • AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN UNKNOWN INDIAN PART2; NIRAD C CHAUDHURI
      • INDO-US RELATIONS: DIVERGENCE TO CONVERGENCE; BY VIVEK CHADHA
      • MAKING MIRACLES; BY ARNOLD FOX & BARRY FOX
      • ARE WE DECEIVING OURSELVES AGAIN; BY ARUN SHOURIE
      • ENCOUNTERS WITH MEN OF MIRACLES; BY MAYAH BALSE
      • TRACING AN INDIAN DIASPORA; CENTRE FOR STUDY OF INDIAN DIASPORA, HYDERABAD
      • BOOK REVIEW: BARRACK OBAMA DREAMS COME TRUE; AUTHOR: BARACK OBAMA
      • THE THREE TRILLION DOLLAR WAR; BY JOSEPH STIGLITZ, LINDA BILMES
      • PLIGHT OF HONESTY: BY DR G SUNDARAM, IAS
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BOOK REVIEW: KARMA & KISMET


"How was I able to overcome the life that was handed to me? 

Karma and kismet? 

Action and fate. 

God’s grace and human will.


Karma and Kismet is a story of change, adaptation, and transformation rooted in the mire of a dysfunctional family and a sick society. Wrenched from home at age thirteen and dispatched to a remote area where I couldn’t understand or speak the language, gnawing questioning began to surface inside me: Who am I? Where and with whom do I belong? At first imposed by my parents and society, then by choice, a series of cross-cultural immersions deepened this existential inquiry. In time, signifying a letting go of the past and the emergence of new beginnings, my prior names fell away and were replaced by new ones. Several characters in these pages are no longer with us—may they rest in peace—but some are still here. A few living character’s real names have been changed."

Michael Shandler Ed.D.  

DR. MICHAEL SHANDLER

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