This is an unusual autobiography of Anil Anand, an Indian Nuclear scientist who falls in love and marries Saiyud Sribyatta, his Ma Dame (My Lady). She is a doctor from Thailand, who is much elder to him and after overcoming many obstacles, they settled down in Mumbai. Ma Dame sacrifices her medical career to support the budding scientist and their travails through the various ups and downs of life are passionately portrayed in the book.

Anil weaves an interesting professional life which reaches the pinnacle after designing a land based prototype of the nuclear propulsion for the Indian nuclear submarine INS Arihant. He has worked on key Indian projects including the nuclear core of India’s ambitious DHRUVA reactor. Anil was the Project Manager for the PRP (Plutonium Recycling Project), designed and built as a Bhabha Atomic Research Centre ( BARC ) project in the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Complex at Kalapakkam. Brief information on the program and the people associated with it are vividly described in the book. It’s a prelude to the “make in India” program and gives an insight to the hidden hurdles.

The book has Ma Dame been written with Sujit Sanyal, who spent 35 years in advertising and brand communication. He has authored two books.