The biography of the scientist, Mani Bhaumik, who has become the most outstanding example of a successful career and has inspired many ambitious young people not only in his native India but around the world. Born in an Indian slum the member of a low-caste, he made it to the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and later to the Northrop Corporate Research Laboratory where he became director and who together with his team developed the famous Eye-Laser Surgery Technology which revolutionised Ophthalmology and turned him into a millionaire. The world of the rich and beautiful opened up to him. This biography describes his experiences on his life's journey from an impoverished Bengal village to Hollywood and Bel-Air. He talks about the energy, frustration and stamina it required and how he finally managed to put the empty quest for prestige and conspicuous consumption of the West with the quest for truth and humanity into balance.

"I recommend this book to Western readers: this story of personal development, of re-evaluation of material values and the re-definition of oneself in order to achieve insight, understanding and education will inspire great admiration" (Alexander Solschenizyn)

About the author:

Dr Mani Bhaumik was born in Bengal, India as a member of a low-caste. He had close contact with Mahatma Ghandi. He attended the University of Calcutta. In 1959 he was awarded with a scholarship to the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Since 1968 he has concentrated on Laser Technology. He has published many scientific papers and has received many international prizes. He is president of "Cosmogenics.org", a non-profit organisation which concentrates on the education of young people and the scientific exploration of the Universe.