Dr.lsh Narang has done a wonderful job of writing this book from a scientific perspective. I sincerely applaud his efforts. I hope it will appeal to many people who would like to know scientific explanation for our rituals. I also think that the book will appeal to many western scholars as well as to our young generation who need to understand the urgency of keeping the environment pure so that we can live on this planet for long time. I would earnestly hope that the book will find its way too many homes and libraries in India and other English speaking countries.

Birth and death are said to be world’s most complicated subjects. This mysterious subject can be understood and solved by acquiring true knowledge only. No one can escape his/her death because death always follows like a shadow. The most dangerous consequence in life is nothing but ‘Death’. This fear of death takes away all our happiness, frolicking and joy. There are different kinds of questions and reasons in our mind like fear of separation from our loved ones, relatives, friends forever, fear of losing our hard-earned belongings, fear of undecided future, fear of undecided birth etc.

K. Kanchan Arya, an elegant simple hearted personality is a spiritually blessed authoress. She was born on 23rd December 1955, is M.A, M.Ed. from Delhi University. Her budding talent of writing came into light when she got associated with the famous Ayurvedic legend, the Late Vaidya Bhagwan Dash and translated a large number of his English books into Hindi. She herself also penned a few Ayurvedic books. She also got the privilege of translating a few English books viz. ‘Know Your Religion: Part 1 & 2’, ‘Vedic Vitamin: Part 1 & 2′ and `Mandookya Upanishad’ written by famous spiritual scholar Swami Satyam Ji. After this, she wrote `Maharshi Dayanand Granth Parichaya (Prashnottari)’, llyvharbhanu Prashnottari’ and `Kya Hai AapkeJeevan Ki Sacchaii’.

Kanchan ji, the torch-bearer for the spiritual upliftment and character building of the young, was initially tutored by Late Smt. Yashwati Ji who actually strengthened her spiritual and Vedic foundation, thus enabling her to be in close contact with Brahmachari Raj Singh Arya from whom she learned many important aspects of spirituality.

Then under the guidance of the learned scholars viz., Acharya Anand Prakash Ji, Acharya Satyajit Ji & Acharya Ashish Ji, she studied different Darshan shastras and now is privileged to be under the constant guidance of Guru Swami Chitteshwaranand Ji Saraswati.