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A scientific approach to faith

Madhur Tankha

NEW DELHI: His is an incredible rags-to-riches story. And he has also made a name for himself by becoming one of the pioneers of the laser technology that has made corrective eye surgery LASIK possible.

Mani Bhaumik is once again in the news. This time for penning a book titled "Code Name God: The Spiritual Journey of a Man of Science" in which he has demonstrated how both spirituality and science are essential for human beings and how one could strike a perfect balance between the two. In the book slated for release in the Capital this coming Friday, Dr. Bhaumik has detailed his odyssey from abject poverty in Bengal to a cosy life in Hollywood.

A `fairy' tale

He lived in Mahatma Gandhi's camp as a youngster and survived colonial oppression, cyclone, epidemic and famine to earn a Ph.D. in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology.

If fact, celebrated writer Sidney Sheldon had this to say about the book: "This book may change your life."

Enriching and inspirational, the book provides a simple and easy-to-understand scientific approach to faith and God realisation.

The author also writes about his equally remarkable search for a meaning of life that makes for a motivational saga.

Dr. Bhaumik's contribution to science merited his election as a fellow of the American Physical Society and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, while his successes won him a spot on "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous".

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