Shakti and Window Seat released

As my books 'Window Seat' and 'Shakti' was released at Kalinga Literature Festival, Bhubaneswar on 10 June 2016,  mango seeds taken from Iimc Dhenkanal were distributed among the audience. We requested the audience to plant these seeds in coming rainy season, which is just round the corner.

Any seed, like any window indicates possibilities and potential. Sow the seed, take care and it grows into a tree and may realise its full potential. Similarly window shows you the outer world and draws into an engagement with the unknown- which eventually brings out the best in you.

Both have the 'shakti' to transform you and probably the world around.

Many present during the book release ceremony took the seeds. I do not know how many will be planted and how many will grow to its full potential. But I am hopeful that some of them will definitely be planted and grow.