In Search Of A Destiny: A LifeS World Journey

In Search Of A Destiny Is About Udup, A Village Boy From Kerala. He Was A Good Student Under The Discipline Of His Father. Much Against His Wishes, He Is Sent To A Boarding School. After Graduation, He Continues His Higher Studies. He Takes Several Degrees In Chemistry And Teaches Science In A School. He Resigns From The School In Order To Look After His Sick Mother And Obtains A Job To Teach Chemistry Closer To Home. Against All Odds, He Competes And Wins The Fulbright Scholarship And Leaves For The Usa. At The University, He Is Overwhelmed With The Hippie Culture, WomenS Liberation, Drug Use And Sexual Freedom But Stays At The Sidelines. After Submitting The Phd Thesis At Msu, He Tours Venezuela On Being Invited By His Classmate And Accepts A Job From The Ministry Of Education. He Suffers Misgivings Of Failure At The Job For His Lack Of Knowledge Of Spanish, Its People And Culture. Against All Odds, He Survives, Succeeds At Work And Returns To India To Get Married.He Settles Down With His Wife Melody In Venezuela And Raises Three Children. Eventually, He Accepts A Job From The Petroleum Industry. He Is Assigned To The Bon Bini Island Refinery But Finds The Going Difficult And Returns To Caracas. He Moves His Family To A Border Town In Venezuela Near Colombia For The Education Of His Children. His Family Becomes Noted By The Farc. As The Terrorists Close In, He Moves His Family To New Jersey, Where The Family Takes Roots And His Children Graduate From Good Universities. After Twenty Two Years, He Retires From The Petroleum Industry And Returns To India After Being Away For Forty Years While His Children Pursue The American Dream. After Settling Down In His House In Kerala, He Starts Several Projects For The Good Of The Society.