The experience of meeting this grand old master is engraved in my memory as one of the most remarkable incidences of my life. I was deeply impressed by his story, his life, and his dedication. I imagined the lives of generations of grand masters before him, their dreams and aspirations. I began to breathe the immortal soul of humanity. The Vedic Times was a stupendous period. It produced an ancient treasure of knowledge that has survived for thousands of years. Shut off from the world for centuries, many scriptures have not ended their long isolation and are waiting to leave the darkness and meet the world. I want to do my part in writing about ancient times, about long forgotten sacred knowledge. 

Living in Europe, I realise how India can give to the world its spiritual tradition – the inner journey, as a complement to the more outer focussed Europe, the beginning of a new world culture. I feel the need to bring to light and make available to a broader audience what our ancestors understood, so that not just scholars, but we all can profit from their profound wisdom. Isn’t it fascinating that thousands of years ago our ancestors were well advanced in understanding the human body and mind? Through Marma Kala, Kalaripayattu and Ayurveda, our ancestors knew the functioning and capabilities of the human body. I am intrigued to know the power we all have within us. Through storytelling, I would like to revive the Vedic period, and bring their feeling and lifestyle to the 21st century – this is my call and mission. My novel ‘Like the Radiant Sun’ encapsulates this feeling. It treats characters like real people, not fantasy or cartoon figures, and depicts how it could have been like during the Vedic Period. Let us together make this a beginning of the renaissance of the Vedic Period.