Mr. R. RANGARAJU is a graduate in Science and Engineering. He worked for over thirty years as a scientist in a National Laboratory in Bangalore, South India, and retired from service a few years ago. He had keen interest in literature from his early days and took to writing English fiction in his spare time. He has written four novels out of which two have been published. His first novel, ‘ON THE BANKS OF KAPILA,’ running to 500 pages, was published by Minerva Press (India) Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, in 2004. It is the story of a devotee singer and his two sons, one devout and the other wayward - A saga spanning decades, a chronicle that weaves the timeless conflicts of good and evil, faith and rationality, love and lust, trust and betrayal in an extraordinary celebration of life. His second novel, ‘THE FINAL UNION,’ a short one running to a hundred pages, was published by Rubicon Publishers, New Delhi, in 2006. It is a simple story of two boys, first united on their own effort, then separated by the customs of the society and then again got united by the power of love and sacrifice. His other novel, ‘A TALE OF FOUR FRIENDS,’ a voluminous work running to over 650 pages is seeking publication. Mr. RANGARAJU presently lives in Bangalore