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BOOK REVIEW
"THE CHOICE IS YOURS"
Author: Sri Satakopan Iyengar of Coimbatore.
Published by: SRIsukti Pracharini Sabha, Singapore
Year 2005
Price: Rs.450 in India (US $ 25 in other countries)

Copies available with:
K.Satakopan Iyengar, 39 T.Nagar I Street
Ramanathapuram, Coimbatore - 641 045 INDIA
Phone: 0422 - 2310 576

Srisukti Pracharini Sabha
Blk-611, #02-171
Choa Chu Kang Street - 62
Singapore - 680 611
Tel: 6877 0248
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One may be proficient in one or more subjects. Another may have the gift of 
the gab to convey ideas. Yet another may be excellent in expounding the 
deeper nuances of the subjects.

The danger in attempting to translate from one language to another has been 
well brought out by Sir Walter Scott - ?The noble transmutation is from gold 
to lead?. We may perhaps add ?from the sublime to the ridiculous?. To 
reverse this process and to transform the idiomatic expressions of one 
language into those of another foreign language without jeopardizing the 
spirit of the original is really a feat that very few can boast of. Like an 
alchemist who can transform base metal into gold, only some may be able to 
sublimate even ridiculous looking commonplace ideas into great philosophical 
thoughts while presenting them in a manner understandable by lay folks.

If there is one among us who combines in himself all these and more, surely 
it is our dear Sri Sadagopan Iyengar Swami of Coimbatore. His style of 
writing is as inimitable as his humility in his approach to men and matters 
incomparable and his Achaarya Bhakti unfathomable.  No wonder readers 
literally fall in love with his expositions and yearn to enjoy his nectarine 
outpourings that he generously showers from time to time. The sprinkling of 
appropriate quotes from scriptures that he provides is neither forbiddingly 
numerous (a foible that many claiming to be pundits fall for) nor appearing 
to be inadequate in the contexts.

Though the title says ?The choice is yours?, in reality we seem to have no 
choice at all! Every single article enshrined in his ?Essays on the Eternal? 
or the present one, ?The Choice is yours? is a gem and a master piece and 
one cannot choose one article over another. This speaks volumes about the 
magic wand that he wields to spin his stories.

We take pride in the fact that he is the Srikaryam Swami of our ?Swami 
Desika Darsana Satasangam? (SDDS) and its electronic Journal ?Sri Ranga Sri? 
(SRS), who (in spite of his busy schedule as a Senior Bank Officer 
constantly ?on the move?) is coordinating between the Administration on the 
one hand and the Board of Advisory Consultants on the other and is really 
crucial to the success of your Journal.

We wish him all the best in life. From a purely enlightened self interest 
angle; we wish his providing us with an unending stream of articles that 
proclaim his seal of excellence.
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