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“The
evolution towards Homo Sapiens began
more than 30 million years ago, 200 kms below the surface of earth, at a
temperature of 15000c.” with these very words the writer ( Mr. Subhrashis Adhikari) of the book ‘5 Questions of The Inquisitive Apes’ invites you to get enthralled and
enlightened by an odyssey of your existence.
How our
ancestors tamed fire and used it to cook food and scare apparent threats, how
we became cow’s milk tolerant race and how we developed language to fashion
ideas and weave religion are some of the discussions of the book that unravels
the layers of our being.
The book
discusses in simple language about the intertwined relation of physics, chemistry, and biology to make us relish the bounty of life. Prior to reading this book, I
never knew that electrons are seriously responsible for us being able to sit on
a commode and for us being able to enjoy a kiss with someone we love. The mentioning
in the book that the ‘Pheromones’ secreted from underarms is integral to your
getting attracted to the opposite sex is something the body- odor- spray marketers
would hate to know.
The discussions
about the image of women as prim and proper as a recent creation, for women
were comrades to their men in hunting in the era prior to agriculture period and the science of sex elaborated with utter gravitas entailing again
the physics, chemistry, and biology make you a fan of the writing prowess of Mr. Shubrashis Adhikari.
Traversing through
the roads of Genes, RNA, and DNA, the writer delves into our psyche and
deciphers the codes of pain, stress, and happiness. Using examples from
different forms of Yoga to Maslow’s Pyramid, the writer tries to make us understand the patterns of our interior and
exterior self.
The book
comes from a fellow blogger friend, Mr. Subhrashis Adhikari ,whom I happen to know through his blogs for last 8 odd years. His exceptional brilliance to dissect a subject at hand and his inimitable ways to look at the different dimensions of the world in his blogs always gave me a feeling of a book(s) lurking somewhere in his mind. By profession he is a geologist and by passion; a thinker to a tee. In his success as a writer,I see the success of perseverance and perspiration.
Moreover,if you
happen to be one of those, who loves burying yourself into books that introduce
you to yourself again, then this book is for you. Go grab a copy of the book and
learn about how you are related to a woman who existed on earth some 1, 40,000
years ago and many more secrets of your existence pulsating within you.
You can find
the book here .
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