ONE LONG JOURNEY
“One Long Journey is a contemporary Pilgrim’s Progress with an Engineer’s Eye for detail. Through the dilemmas of birth right, survival, the caste system found in India, strange places, and even stranger societies along the way, Lohit Datta-Barua tells his story of Salvation. For anyone making a journey (aren’t we all?) this is a practical guide to negotiating dismay along the way and in its profound moments a spiritual guide to claiming our destiny.
(By: Dr. Robert Charles Bennett, PhD English Literature, Leicester, UK)
“Lohit Datta-Barua tells a personal and powerful story in these pages, carrying the reader from the dirt floors of his childhood home beside the Brahmaputra River to the triumphs and contradictions of 21st-century Houston. “One Long Journey” is an engaging tale of one man’s improbable quest in India and America - what he experienced, what he learned and what he hopes to teach us all.”
(Peter Slevin, journalist, author, professor of journalism - Northwestern University, Chicago)
"One Long Journey is the fascinating true story of an intriguing and astonishing life. From a dramatic beginning through an arduous and difficult path, hard work, resilience, risk taking, and a willingness to learn and adapt unfold into a flourishing life. This is also a rich story of the different cultures and economies and value systems of several worlds. Told simply, at a swift pace, interspersed with reflective passages, the book’s arc covers important markers of social mores, and is peopled with richly delineated characters. This is a compelling memoir of one man’s life as well as incisive commentary on the welcome social changes ahead."
(by Mitra Phukan, a novelist, short story writer, translator, and columnist, from India.)
“A mighty river, a family mystery and true grit form the backdrop of Lohit Datta-Barua’s remarkable journey. Never before have I read the mundane details of an arrival in America presented in this profound and beautiful way.
One Long Journey invites us to look at immigrants with fresh eyes and see in them the stories of America and possibility as well as profound tales of love and loss, of lands left behind, of mysteries awaiting solution.
Migrations such as the one documented in One Long Journey defined the 20th century. The realization of these pioneers’ dreams, the subsequent globalization, and connectivity defines the 21st.”
(S. Mitra Kalita, a senior vice president at CNN, a Pulitzer Prize winner, and an author)
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"A heartfelt tale of hope for orphans to overcome the scars of their loss and the possibilities for redeeming their futures."
(Jawahar “Jay” Malhotra, Publisher, Indo-American News)
COLOR OF LIFE
A collection of short stories that reflects author's experiences on the banks of two mighty rivers; that of his youth the Brahmaputra, also known as the Red River and Paul Robeson’s “Old Man River” the Mississippi. It opens a window to two different worlds through an immigrant’s eye and displays seasons of life through agony, defeat, and hope.
WANDERLUST
An indomitable wanderlust has taken the author all over the globe. The book describes his traveling experiences with embedded pictures in color from the top of Mount Kilimanjaro to Antarctica, the bottom of the world; from “Down Under” in Australia to Kedarnath and Badrinath in the western Himalayas, from the Forbidden City to the Tango land in south America, from Africa to the hills that are alive with music, and from the Red Square to Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy. (Available from K.R.Das of Spandan Prakash (khaboredit@gmail.com), India)
NATURAL GAS MEASUREMENT & CONTROL
A reference source for measurement information, business practice and accounting dealing primarily with natural gas. Features of this book include formulae, design concepts, operating and accounting tips, quality determination aspects and an explanation of gas related contractual language. Published/Created: New York : McGraw-Hill, c1992.
DIGITAL COMPUTERS
This book attempts to give a brief overview of the basic hardware of digital computers and directive principles for hardware maintenance. The book is written in very general terms and assumes no advanced knowledge of electronics or computers. This is an introductory level book that will be of use to electronics/instrumentation technicians.
Published/Created: New Delhi ; New York : Tata McGraw-Hill Pub. Co.
A VIEW THROUGH MY WINDOW
This book is about people, places, and issues. It is a collection of travel anecdotes and commentaries based on author’s observation on certain issues facing people such as poverty, religion, ethnicity, etc. that impact this world. His travel anecdotes introduce people with different needs, aspirations, cultures, and contrasting surroundings.
LEARNING ASSAMESE LANGUAGE: A BRIEF HANDBOOK
This handbook is written for students starting Assamese for the first time as adults or for potential teachers or parents who may be able to use this as a text to teach Assamese to their students or children. This book can be used as a self taught handbook as well by people familiar with English language as it is written in English explaining Assamese alphabet, pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, composition and it includes useful worksheets and appendices.
(Available from K.R.Das of Spandan Prakash (khaboredit@gmail.com), India)