Dr. Vinod Raturi is a product of the School of International Studies JNU, New Delhi. He further carried out his academic pursuits at Moscow State University, Russia. Author of several articles and research papers, he has attended many national and international conferences on geopolitical matters. He has lived and widely traveled in Russia and the entire former Soviet space. Though he specializes in geo-strategic subjects, he has a keen interest in various sensitive issues of social concern. He takes writing as an exciting voyage to discover the essence of human experience that allows assessing the substantiality of life in futuristic and pristine ways.