ABOUT THE BOOK
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This is the story of a kid
from Calcutta, a street fighter whose life might have been brief and tragic.
But he was lucky and he stumbled on his life’s passion, the dark and dangerous
world of mining. Eventually, he ran away from home and family to study mining
in Wales. His luck held. He found his next passion, his life partner Brigid,
and together they embarked on a journey that took them to every continent in
the world. He was fascinated by explosives and learned everything he could
about this rapidly emerging field. With experience, his knowledge grew and with
it came an international reputation. There was a demand for his expertise and
finally he realized the need to pass it on to the next generation. He entered
the academic world and became a professor of Mining Engineering. It was a long
way from a Calcutta street gang to an international reputation along with
tremendous hard work and determination. So, take this journey with the major
miner, Gour Sen.
ABOUT Author
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Professor Gour Sen graduated from the
University of Durham, UK, with a PhD in mining engineering. His career started
as an underground coal miner near Cardiff in Wales, where he had obtained his
initial mining degree, after which he worked for a major explosives
manufacturing company in the UK and overseas. Professor Sen then joined an
international drilling and blasting contractor, and became the Technical
Services Manager for that company.