A reputed journalist in the Gulf for over thirty years, Bikram Vohra shadowed BAPS in the months following the month-long birth centenary celebrations of Pramukh Swami Maharaj in January 2023 in Gujarat. Driven by his curiosity as a non-spiritual outsider, he set out to uncover what it was about this organization that had compelled the UAE administration to accept their proposal to build a temple and ‘make sure it looks like a temple’.
Spread across 27 acres and situated midway between Dubai and Abu Dhabi, this magnificent traditional stone temple was birthed in the prayers of a Hindu swami on a sand dune in 1997; it is now an oasis for global harmony. A prophetic vision come to life, the story of its inception is a captivating account of serendipity, noble intent and clarity of purpose combining to accomplish an impossible feat.
Serious yet light-hearted, A Millennial Moment evokes warm laughter with its gentle leg-pulling, and hope for the future of our world. Its simple message: Good people do good things.
About the Author
Bikram Vohra, after a prodigiously successful but short stint in Indian journalism, moved to the Gulf in 1984, and has been the most respected editor in the region since then. He currently has a humour column in the Times of India. He has written six books and an anthology of his funny haha funny peculiar columns was published in 2019 (Between the Lines, Xponent Media).
He has had over 22,000 articles published in over fifty newspapers worldwide and has covered wars, climbed mountains and been part of air accident investigations. He currently lives in Dubai with his family.
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