Subhrashis is a geologist holding double masters from IIT-Kharagpur and IIT-Bombay. Currently working as a team-leader in a multinational company, he has been involved in key hydrocarbon discoveries in India and abroad. Apart from several international and national publications, he has also published two books (details below). An established Toastmaster speaker, he is passionate about reading, blogging, geology, science, philosophy and history. He loves travelling to different parts of the globe with his wife and daughter.
LIST OF BOOKS
5 Questions of the Inquisitive Ape
Release - 1st February 2019
Description: Humans ascended to the top of the food chain through their uncanny ability to weave stories. Some stories are hardwired in our brains, while some we create over time. It is such stories that have steered the history of the world. While technologies are bringing disruptive changes and global warming is threatening our existence, it is more imperative than ever before to craft a global story that benefits all. This book discusses five profound questions whose answers will lay the foundation of future stories, and those stories will decide the fate of inquisitive apes.
1. How we came to be? Was it a chance episode, or were things predetermined?
2. How we make sense of the universe around us? Are we hallucinating reality?
3. Is sex bad? Are we naturally monogamous?
4. Who are we? Is there a unique us?
5. How to be happy? Can we hack our brain and control the bio-chemicals?
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The Journey of Survivors: 70,000-Year History of Indian Sub-Continent
Release - 20th April 2016
Description: 'Journey of Survivors' is one book that sums up the entire 70,000-year journey of India and her people. The book contains not just history, but also some interesting legends like how the Asuras were once our god, the legendary kingdom of women in the Himalayas, Alexander's search for 'somras', the bloody coins of Jesus that made its way into India and how Genghis Khan helped cool the earth. It discusses interesting facts like Chanakya's cunning policies, science in ancient India, the myth of Indians never attacking foreign lands, the Indian Greeks, how Buddhism died in India, how few Indian officials sailed across the Bay of Bengal in search of a king, the woman who defeated Ghori, the mysterious distribution of rotis before the revolt of 1857, the letters of Indian soldiers during the world war and how the 1975-77 Emergency changed Sholay's ending. The book poses intriguing questions like what is the identity of India, did temple destruction only happen in medieval India, was Gandhi a hero and will India survive. At the end, the author tries to discuss the various issues that in his opinion India, as a nation, needs to address.
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November 20, 2016
November 20, 2016
Enjoying the book as a history student. Incredible hard work in presenting history of a land that is still evolving. 70,000 years in 500 pages, the author seems like a magician. Many kudos, Adhikari!
23 May 2016
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