Deepa Kodikal
The author, Deepa Kodikal (1940 – 2013) was a Delhi University B.Sc.graduate, a home maker with four children and a mystic. Deepa had varied interests such as playing the sitar, performing Indian dance and music, flying gliders, cooking, writing and directing plays. She was a painter as well.
She is also the author of A Journey Within the Self, a diary of yogic revelations in which she has described her journey of yogic experiences; Teachings of The Inner Light: A Blueprint of Right Living, a work that received wide critical acclaim, and Enlightenment Is Your Birthright, which was a response to the questions put to Deepa by spiritual seekers.
In spite of all her spiritual experiences and achievements, she always referred to herself as a housewife who loved taking care of her family and was always relaxed, smiling and positive in her outlook towards life.