Author Description

From the caste-like constraints of air force life and a vocation-stunting roadblock in India to professorial excellence and acclaimed public service in America, Living to Learn and Learning to Live: My Journey Across Two Continents and Glimpses into My Ancestry takes readers on a roller-coaster ride of discovery that illuminates the nature of being human and the noblest aspirations of the spirit. It is not only an inspiring story of overcoming adversity, of striving for excellence, of hard work and dedication, but also of humility, friendship, service, and, ultimately, love.Despite numerous barriers, trials, and setbacks, Ram Chugh is not deterred from his love of learning, which he parlays into an extraordinary career as an esteemed professor in upstate New York. But his single-minded quest for knowledge and teaching excellence comes at a dire cost, and he is soon made aware that if he does not alter his nonstop lifestyle, all that he holds dear may be lost. Confronted with his own mortality and the insightful advice of a concerned friend and colleague, he learns to expand his horizons and focus his energies on the world beyond the classroom. And it is this new, and unexpected, knowledge that sets the tone for the remainder of his remarkable life.