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Acknowledgments

NO BOOK CAN BE published unless supported by various people who take upon themselves various roles. Some encourage, some command, some endure, some smile, some are seen, some are unseen, and yet they all lend their support.

We must thank John DeRemigis of John Wiley & Sons for the afternoon we met, overlooking the Indian Ocean in Mumbai (Bombay), and discussed this book with him. Nick Melchior, thank you for clearing all hurdles and getting us to write the book. Gemma Rosey and Kimberly Monroe-Hill must have had difficulties through the process of scheduling and rescheduling target dates—thank you for bearing with us. There must be a host of others whom we have not met but we recognize that without their help this manuscript would not have turned into a book.

Professor Amitava Sarkar, thank you for being a part of the journey through Kathmandu, where the idea of the book was finalized, and for your continuous support ever after. Thank you, Subrata Kar, for convincing us that knowledge is a journey and not a goal. Santosh Maheswari, you deserve a special mention for having the courage to print our first book on this subject. We thank all our students, workshop participants, and clients, who have been instrumental in our mustering up the courage to write books. Let us tell our teachers that whatever we know, we owe it all to you.

What an author owes to his or her family is beyond acknowledgment of any kind, and we make no effort in futility. They were all with us ...