18
APPRECIATION
My prime appreciation goes to Professor Emeritus Satendra Nandan of University of Canberra. Professor Nandan inspired me to keep writing the short stories for pleasure and kept giving me valuable ideas for creativity.
The Preface to this collection was written by one of my admirers who would like to remain anonymous and I thank her for the creative comments.
Then I thank all my teachers including my beloved wife Saroj for instilling a love of Literature in me from my early school days that continued through my life.
The initial script of this collection was read by many of my colleagues, friends and relatives for the purpose of editing and providing the needed suggestions to encourage an amateur writer. They deserve my hearty thanks.
Of course, I thank my class mate, colleague and friend Jagdeesh Sahay for honouring this collection by writing the Foreword and Mrs Padma Singh for putting in her thoughts in the Prologue and detailed editing.
Finally you the readers are my greatest hope for my further creative contributions. So let me sincerely thank you all in anticipation of your critique and comments.
Ram Lakhan Prasad. October, 2015.