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I'm Raja (Arasa) Ratnam, author of The Dance of Destiny; Hidden Footprints of Unity; The Karma of Culture; Destiny Will Out; and sundry articles on multiculturalism and related issues.

About the Author
An 80-year old Australian, born in British Malaya of Ceylonese parents. Educated by the British, as well as classical writers like Dickens. A metaphysical Hindu and freethinker in matters religious.

Has had a highly interactive contributory life during 60 years in Australia, in spite of the overt racism of the White Australia era, and tribal discrimination in latter years. Achieved leadership positions in civil society; and awarded a Meritorious Service Award by his trade union. A communitarian small-l liberal politically (and thereby a political orphan).

Author of three books (under his birth name Arasa) and a number of articles on multiculturalism and associated subjects such as citizenship, refugee entry, and national identity (under his westernised name Raja Ratnam). The books were written in response to a significant psychic experience.

About my latest book, The Dance of Destiny  (Trafford Publishing)

An account of personal pilgrimage, through the currents of life which refused a smooth sailing. Observing all neutrally, analysing with a depth of understanding of matters historical, geo-political, and religio-societal, the author seeks to answer the perennial question — why is it so? With a spiritual insight drawn from the metaphysics of Hinduism and some significant psychic experiences, he weaves throughout his narrative his speculations on the nature and role of Destiny. He concludes that we are indeed the masters of our future lives; and that, by seeking to merge with the Divine in a humanistic manner, we will ultimately reach that Ocean of Consciousness from which we once arose.

His psychic experiences also lead him to speculate on the role of the spirit world in the direction of human lives.

In Part 1, the brutality of the Japanese in Malaya; the superciliousness of the British coloniser; the destruction of the author's career prospects; his marriage to an Anglo-Australian and their exciting life in Singapore; and her abrupt rejection of him on rejoining her in Australia, are all set within an inter-connected framework of a nation in the making.

Part 2 highlights the racism of White Australia and the denial of equal opportunity, even as the author makes a substantial contribution to civil society, achieving leadership positions there. The spirit world, which wanted him in Australia, may yet be satisfied.