"I travel, therefore I am – apologies to Descartes for twisting his noble thought." That’s how M. P. Prabhakaran describes his passion for travel.

If academic qualifications are a measure of one’s learning experience, he has a Ph.D. in Political Science from a prestigious American university. But he insists that he gained his greatest learning experience not from academic institutions, but from his frequent travels around the world. He shares that experience with readers through the pages of this book.

He introduces them to the geopolitical, historical and cultural landscapes of various countries stretching from Argentina to China. He narrates in fine English prose the scenic beauty of some of the places he visited and personal stories of the people he met. In the course of interacting with those people, he also projects among them the real image of India – the image of a country which, in spite of being multi-religious, multi-ethnic multilingual, and multicultural, has remained intact as one political entity and become one of the most vibrant democracies in the world. The book is a page-turner.