Operation Camouflage by Amit Sidham

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.