Just finished reading the book Operation Camouflage by Amit
Sidana. This is the first book I have
read from Amit and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. I picked up the book
thinking it will be another spy or some other kind of thriller and will do for
a light reading. But when I started reading the book I realized that it is not
one of the other suspense and thriller book but one which talks about serious
issues of environment degradation and the welfare of all the species that live
on this earth and about our ancient knowledge of yoga, Ayurveda and the concept
of holistic healing but camouflaged in a fictional story. Not only this but it also has some out of box thinking ideas about
the corporate word and lessons which we can learn to improve our corporate
culture which is synonymous with the welfare and well being of its employees.
The main character of the book Adiyta meaning sun is one of
the four other characters of the book who together derived their names and
signifies the Panch Tatva of the nature, viz, air, water, fire, earth and the
ether (Space) and referred in the book as Panch Bhoot.
Of course it is a work of fiction about the crusade launched
by these five to protect the environment and the species that live on this
earth. The novel is very gripping and the concepts given by Adiya about sustaining
the environment and looking after the welfare of the inhabitants of this planet
are worth discussing. These out of box thinking ideas can also form a basis for
developing a new corporate culture based on Indian ethos and philosophy. The
concept that a homo sapiens is also one of the species that inhabit this planet
and hence the treatment of all the species for various diseases can be done by mastering
the principles of Ayurveda and the techniques as given there. These concepts brought
my mind to another book by Dharamdas on technological advances in Ancient India ,where
he has compiled the book based on the records of the reports submitted and
available in British Archives by the British travelers, intellectual in India on
their witnessing a replacement of broken nose, making ice in 17th century,
steel making, extraction of magnesium and the role played by Brahmin’s of
Varanasi in vaccinating with live germ
to protect the children of Bihar and West Bengal them from kala azhar.
I strongly recommend reading this book and I am eagerly
awaiting for his next book and some new out of box ideas on corporate culture and
our ancient but otherwise lost or gradually loosing knowledge on Ayurveda and
its techniques.
