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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
Pardwa - An Untold Story has a periodic biographical narration. The story covers the lives of a couple whose love was rejected by the whims and fancies of some relatives, and how the couple fought together and brought up their siblings and children. It’s a lesson for the present generation that prefers nuclear families. With their sacrifices, the couple brought their siblings to succeed and reach a top position. Mohan has brilliantly covered each episode in detail by narrating the surrounding conditions of the places, lifestyles of the region from 1900 to 1985. Some of the episodes depict incidents in beautiful paintings for the readers’ delight. The author’s mother, Smt. Dwaraka, was a pious lady and she had darshan of Sri. Ragavendra Swami at Mantralayam. Mohan, as a small boy, had darshan of the Swami along with his mother, which is mentioned in one of the episodes. There were many such incidents in their life and it is an opportunity for the readers to have a different experience and travel along with the time of the story.
The author also gives a historical story of how their surname, Nallan Chakravarthi, was bestowed by Lord Sri. Maha Vishnu Himself and their connections to Kancheepuram and Tirumala. These were also explained through wonderful paintings.
It is a boon to all book enthusiasts and hope they encourage us to publish more monumental works of different fields.
Nallan C Mohan
Nallan C. Mohan is an experienced professional in heading oil and gas projects in different countries. He has roots in renowned musical and freedom fighter families. Right at the age of four, he started learning veena and vocal from his illustrious parents, Sri. N.C. Parthasarathi, Smt. N.C. Dwaraka Parthasarathi, Veteran Sri. Chemmabai vaithyanatha bagavathar, Sri. Pallavi Narasimhulu Naidu and sitar from Sri. Khelkar. Mohan played and received many prizes from most of the prominent Sabhas until 1965. He is an expert in composing songs and is a Vagyeyakara. As a tribute to his beloved mother, he invented a new raga called ‘Dwarakamayi’ and composed a song from it. He has uploaded more than fifty videos on YouTube and can be viewed with the link, www.nallanmohan.com.
Mohan published Muthuswami Dikshitar’s Kamalamba Navavarna Kritis in three languages with detailed notation and a nonfiction book, Rewind Life and Times of an O&G project construction Engineer. Now, Mohan has written a period biography on his parents’ struggles and humiliations they faced to lead their love life and the socio-political environment found from time to time. The language of his story is very simple and can be enjoyed by any book readers.
