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The day you walked into this world , was the first time he smiled when you cried. He was the first man to take you in his arms, and love you and cuddle you, he was no other than your very own superhero, your DAD. Day by day you grew up playing in his arms, riding on his back, emptying up yourself on him, falling asleep on his lap, he was no other than your very own superhero, your DAD. Image source-  Favim. Crying badly at times, you ran towards him and hugged him, showing he was strong enough, he consoled you; but deep inside he cried seeing tears in your eyes, he was no other than your very own superhero, your DAD. Time flew so fast, I was too small to realize, Suddenly that superhero went to a far away land, biding goodbye to us forever. That goodbye was the one to break me into pieces, and no one knew how empty was I without him. Pictures and memories with him are the things I live with today, missing him every moment.

N. S. Ravi holds a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Delhi and has had a distinguished and chequered career in senior positions in public and private sector enterprises dealing in jewellery, infrastructure and textiles and apparel in Europe, Africa and India. He speaks Tamil, Hindi, English and French. Ravi is married and has two children. ‘Those Were the Days’ is his debut non-fiction work. He can be reached at nuranisravi@yahoo.co.uk 1) Congratulations Sir for your debut Non-Fiction. Could you just give your readers quick details about your book? Thanks for the wishes. This is a very simple book which traces how the country has evolved over the last fifty years in various areas.  Not many know that fifty years back we were a country of about 40 crores habitants and did not have enough food grains grown to support the population. We had to depend on free gift from a country like USA. Today we are not only feeding three times the population but also ex