Rhyme and Reason

Short stories in prose and verse written after leaving India to post world war 2 in Britain.

By combining prose and poetry, it is hoped that poetry can be made attractive to those who shun poetry. The background and reason for the rhyme provides an introduction to a poems or series of poems. These verses were written six decades ago when the author had completed his teen years. The poems have been essentially unaltered, thus preserving thoughts prevalent at that time. All the poems were compiled acouple of years after the author left India in 1947, reflecting some of his experiences there, before, during and after the partition of India and Pakistan. Life in Britain during the dreary post war days is also portrayed.

Born in 1928, the author spent his early years In many parts of India and what was to become Pakistan. His father was a captain in the Indian army and took part in campaigns in Mesopotamia and Warizistan. After retiring from the army, he became an executive in the Indian railways. His mother was the daughter of the owner of a rubber plantation in Burma, now Myanmar, An uncle was a surgeon serving in a military hospital in Peshawa. After obtaining a science degree from Calcutta University and a diploma from the college of Aeronautical Engineering in London, he commenced his career as a Flight Test Engineer and participated in tests on over fifty types of aircraft. The aurthor has written two other books, "Adventure In The Air" and "Project Silver Bullet". He now resides in Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada.