The Making of a Guru
A. C. Baruah
It is the story of a destitute beggar boy adopted by a kind and wise foster father, who gave him a decent life and guided him to a respectable position in a spiritual world. The boy, Arun, had to work various manual jobs like porter, ploughman/farmhand and finally a domestic cook in a family. After a few years, Jai Prakash of that family finds Arun to have two masters and a doctorate degree, working as PA to an MP and rubbing shoulders with topmost bureaucrats of the country. Surprised and dumbstruck, he asks Arun to reveal the truth. Arun visits the family and unfolds the tragic, strange and colorful story of his journey from Bittu to Dr. A. K. Singh, from rags to a world of spirituality. When his story ends, things take a dramatic turn and then...
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Published 30 March 2024
A. C. Baruah
A. C. Baruah was born and brought up in Tinsukia, a town in Upper Assam, India. He is basically an engineer. He served as an executive in a public sector undertaking, from where he took voluntary retirement and started independent professional jobs in his hometown. The Making of a Guru is his first attempt as an author, which took shape during the month-long lockdown in March - April 2020.