At the Doorstep to Moksha

About the Author.

‘Venkat’ is the nom de plume used by Dr. Kanury Rao who, by profession, is a practicing scientist. As an eclectic reader, he has always been intrigued by how culture and mindset together shape the evolution of human society. The concern that dominates in the present day is that humankind seems to have chosen an increasingly retrogressive path in which it is dividing itself within narrow territorial ghettos, each built around its own parochial notions of identity. And as one struggles to avoid being submerged by this new reality, one cannot but help wonder whether the future that we will bequeath to our children is a dark and virulent one?

At the Doorstep to Moksha is Venkat’s light-hearted attempt to reflect on the evolving dichotomy between what it potentially can be and what, more often than not, it actually is. Adopting a retrospective view from the standpoint of one who is on the verge of liberation, it asks: “What is one being liberated from?”