Book Release
2080: The Lattice – R Venkatraman (RV Raman), PGP 1988
About the Book
The year is 2080. Mankind is utterly dependent on AI … AI that has become deeply biased.
The Lattice, once known as the Internet, has evolved to a point where it carries all five senses – sight, sound, taste, smell and touch – in digital form, making virtual presence indistinguishable from physical reality. This all-senses virtualisation has transformed society.
But it has a dark underbelly too; one that silently erodes the very fabric of human civilisation. Much is at stake, but not everyone acknowledges the risks. Those who profit handsomely from the prejudiced AI have grown immensely powerful, while the ones who oppose it are quietly being hunted down. When activist Lubna Adaké disappears, she sets into motion events that threaten this fraught status quo.
Unaware of the hornet’s nest her mother has stirred, Rudra Adaké sets out to find her, oblivious to the forces at play. It’s only a matter of time before she too becomes a target as her mother did.
From England to India and beyond, Rudra is drawn into a deadly chase – one that would decide the fate of humanity itself.
About the Author
After a corporate career spanning four decades and as many continents, RV Raman stepped away from full-time roles to pursue his interests in teaching and writing. Following several years of teaching at an IIM and mentoring young entrepreneurs, he retired. Raman now serves as an independent director on several company boards.
Having grown weary of extensive physical travel, he now prefers less demanding mental excursions into fictional worlds of his own creation. 2080: The Lattice marks his first foray into science fiction, following four corporate thrillers and four murder mysteries.
Raman lives in Chennai, India. He can be reached at www.rvraman.com.
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The Sword of Buddha – Krishna Pera, PGP 1992
About the Book
The Sword of Buddha—adapted from Mudigonda Sivaprasad’s timeless Telugu classic Srilekha—brings history, love, and the clash of dharma and ahimsa vividly to life.
In the turbulent decades following Ashoka’s death, 2nd-century bce Bharatavarsha stands shaken, divided, and perilously unarmed. The ancient spirit of kshatra has dimmed under the pacifist rule of Ashoka’s Buddhist successors, leaving the subcontinent vulnerable as Demetrius of Bactria sweeps farther into the region than even Alexander had dared. Amid this gathering storm, Pushyamitra Sunga struggles to restore Magadha’s fading glory while contending with the rising Satavahanas of the south and the furious resurgence of Kalinga under King Kharavela, whose people is still haunted by the hundred thousand lives lost in Ashoka’s devastating conquest.
At the heart of this struggle stands King Sri Satakarni and Queen Naganika, the first Indian empress to rule and mint coins in her own name, driving the Satavahana push northward. Their legendary commander Vijayadatta finds himself torn between duty and desire as he is drawn to Srilekha, a young Buddhist bhikshuni bound by ahimsa and shadows of a mysterious past. Her quiet strength challenges his convictions even as he joins her quest to uncover her origins.
Hope rekindles when Maharshi Patanjali, through his Yoga Sutras, sparks a revival of India’s martial soul. As unlikely alliances forge and old borders ignite, Vijayadatta must lead a campaign that will test his heart, his honour, and the very destiny of Bharatavarsha.
About the Author
With over three decades of experience in IT and business transformation consulting, Krishna Pera has worked across industry verticals. He has been Head of Global Business Services for a Singapore-listed $34bn Food & Agri-business company, and prior to that he was the Chief Operating Officer of a knowledge-process outsourcing company specializing in digital content solutions for global information media companies. During his career he has set up and scaled several businesses from scratch, and successfully turned around one midsized services company.
Krishna Pera has pioneering experience in setting-up and scaling Shared Services Centers, Captives, and ODCs for Fortune-500 companies, including the first ever in a validated environment. Decades of experience managing implementations and global rollouts of various enterprise technologies has provided him with a unique understanding of strategic information lifecycle management in transnational firms, as well as every conceivable issue faced by managers in making informed decisions.
Krishna has an in-depth understanding of ‘data’, both structured and unstructured, and building search-retrieval & repurposing solutions. Currently he runs a consulting entity focused on enabling companies on their journey to become data-driven organizations. His articles on data-driven organization published in Data Science Central are very popular with thousands of views, and are frequently quoted by noted Data Science Experts and Global consulting companies. Krishna considers working towards a ‘scalable process-driven-success’ as against ‘people-dependent-success’ as the biggest challenge in most organizations.
A strong believer in leveraging technology for transformation of business, Krishna mentors startups working on innovative products and solutions. Krishna Pera has a postgraduate degree in Business Management from IIM, Bangalore, and graduate degrees in Law and Engineering.
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