Whispers Of The Waves

<p>Did you bunk classes to go to movies or hang out with friends... or just because you could not push yourself from bed? Did you stay awake at night  desperately  reading piled  up  portions  for  the  next  day’s  exams  which you neglected for several months? Did you lecture your kids about the value of  time  hard  work... and  felt  guilty  about  it since you did not follow what you preached? <br />?Did you goof up on  your  first  day  at  work  commit  embarrassing  mistakes which you would rather brush under the carpet? Did you have exciting adventurous life-threatening experiences and wished to share? <br />?A.K. Girisam a chief engineer in merchant navy narrates his sailing experiences on high seas some life-threatening incidents from junior engineer to chief engineer in a lighter vein. Fun filled college days frolic with family and friends and musings on several topics which will take the reader on a roller-coaster ride. He is the great grandson of Mr. Gurajada AppaRao a literary giant and a social reformer of the 19th century whose play ‘Kanyasulkam’ eradicated an evil custom of girl children marriages to old men when illiteracy rate was highest in India. <br />?A career in shipping and sailing is not everyone’s cup of tea you are away from mother earth for months together and for many it is a scary thought that beneath the steel hull there is nothing but hundreds of meters of water. You are on your own to fight  your  battles  storms  and  survive  when  you are thousands  of miles away from land no one can come to help or rescue you. <br />?The most attractive feature of the book is that reader can select any chapter and  read  since all chapters  are  independent. This book was first published and previously titled Merry Mariner.</p>