SHAKA

About The Book: 'Shaka' Is The Story Of A Village Where Human Civilization Emerged. What Happened In Shaka That Hunter-Gatherers Started Living As A Community In A Permanent Settlement? Did Animal Husbandry And Farming Begin In Shaka? Why Did People Come To Shaka Again And Again For Festivals And Fairs? Had The People Of Shaka Progressed So Much That They Built The World'S First Observatory Or Was This Building In That Village Built By Aliens? What Was The Secret Of The T-Pillars With Which This First Civilized Society Has A Deep Connection? An Attempt Has Been Made To Find Answers To These Questions In Shaka'S Exciting Fluid And Strange Story. The Story Of Shaka'S Rise And Fall Holds Many Lessons For The Present Day Civilization As Well. Based On The Archaeological Evidence Found In The Centre Of The 'Fertile Crescent' In Southern Turkey This Novel Which Is A Wonderful Blend Of Scientific Information And Imagination Gives A Glimpse Of A Human Village Settled About 11500 Years Ago. The Heartbeats Of That Primitive Society Can Be Heard Through Its Pages. About The Author: Writer Thinker Social Worker And Environmental Expert Dr Abdul Rashid Agwan Belongs To Rajasthan. For A Long Time His Workplace Was Delhi. Along With Being The President Of The Institute Of Policy Studies And Advocacy (Ipsa) He Is Associated With Many Other Social And Educational Institutions And Is Also Marked As ‘Google Scholar’. About A Dozen Of His Books And More Than A Hundred Articles And Research Papers Have Been Published In English. Education Environment And Inter-Faith Relationship Have Been The Main Subjects Of His Writings. Though In Hindi Shaka Is His First Novel His Booklet On ‘Pryavaran Chetna Ki Aur’ Was Published In 1995 And A Motivational Book ‘Charitra Nirman’ In 2021. At The Age Of 12 His First Poem 'Chumbak' Was Published And At 17 His Children'S Novel 'Chand Ke Mehman' Got The First Prize In The Science-Fiction Category.