Aug 14 2007
About the Author
Prarthana: A Book of Hindu Psalms,
by Arun Shanbhag
Arun Sudhakar Shanbhag was born in the rural Karnataka town of Bhatkal, India and completed his schooling in Mumbai, in a traditional Konkani family. He spent summers with grandparents in Bhatkal, and visiting relatives in nearby towns and villages along the Konkan coast. There he developed a deep admiration for the traditional Indian lifestyle and heritage.
Arun studied engineering at the Manipal Institute of Technology, Karnataka, India. In the USA he completed graduate studies in Bioengineering (MS, PhD) and later an MBA. Dr Shanbhag is currently an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA. He has published extensively in scientific and medical journals, and also compiled a textbook for Orthopaedic Residents and Scientists.
Arun lives in the Boston suburb of Arlington with his wife Manashi. They both love to travel. Arun is fitness conscious and has run the Boston and Chicago Marathons. Arun maintains an active blog at ArunShanbhag.com
Your book is a gem. It has helped me start my own pooja practice daily, and I am so grateful that I was able to find my favourite stotra and stutis in one beautifully put together book. The Devi stotram specially took me back to my childhood and to the sounds of my parents’ chanting of it. Your book has also introduced me to the marvellous Venkatesa Suprabhatam
Good luck with your second edition.
–Naumi Kak