{"id":10866,"date":"2026-01-24T12:52:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T12:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/?post_type=product&#038;p=10866"},"modified":"2026-01-24T12:54:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T12:54:26","slug":"a-bouquet-of-random-thoughts-conversations-with-myself","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/product\/a-bouquet-of-random-thoughts-conversations-with-myself\/","title":{"rendered":"A BOUQUET OF RANDOM THOUGHTS &#8211; CONVERSATIONS WITH MYSELF"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"oMainBlock\" class=\"section visible-lg-block visible-md-block visible-sm-block visible-xs-block\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div id=\"ot-mainblock\" class=\"visible-lg-block visible-md-block visible-sm-block visible-xs-block col-lg-12 col-lg-reset col-md-12 col-md-reset col-sm-12 col-sm-reset col-xs-12 col-xs-reset\">\n<div class=\"row visible-lg-block visible-md-block visible-sm-block visible-xs-block \">\n<div id=\"ot-main\" class=\"visible-lg-block visible-md-block visible-sm-block visible-xs-block col-lg-12 col-lg-reset col-md-12 col-md-reset col-sm-12 col-sm-reset col-xs-12 col-xs-reset\">\n<div class=\"productdetails-view productdetails\">\n<div class=\"vm-product-tab\" role=\"tabpanel\">\n<div class=\"tab-content\">\n<div id=\"vm-product-desc-container\" class=\"tab-pane fade in active\" role=\"tabpanel\">\n<div class=\"product-description\">\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<h3>About the Author<\/h3>\n<p>The author (\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitastapublishing.com\/our-authors\/bill-k-koul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill K Koul\u00a0<\/a>) is an engineering consultant by profession, a humanist and philosopher by nature, and a writer by passion. He lives in Perth, Australia. He has worked on engineering projects globally. He has previously authored four non-fiction books: 22 YEARS \u2013 A Kashmir Story; My life does not have to be unhappy; Issues white-anting India; and Does India need a dictator \u2013 to rescue a sinking nation? \u2013 all published by Vitasta. On a regular basis, he writes articles on his website (https:\/\/billkkoul.com), as well as posts his thoughts on social media, on various topics, such as education, politics, philosophy of life, gender inequality, life and livability etc. He has also written for various newspapers and magazines in India and delivered lectures on Kashmir in Perth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div align=\"justify\">\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<h3>About the Book<\/h3>\n<p>This work, A Bouquet of Random Thoughts, is for all times. It is a collection of thoughts \u2013 random thoughts \u2013 some big, some short \u2013 just like a bouquet that contains an assortment of everything \u2013 from leaves and ferns to beautiful flowers \u2013 big and small \u2013 of varied colours and shades \u2013 some with barbs. It is a bouquet, one of its kind \u2013 imperfect to an extent \u2013 some natural and some deliberate \u2013 to mirror humans. Open any page and pick a few thought-provoking thoughts. This book provides the author\u2019s thoughts \u2013 about life, humanism, education, gender equality, politics, livability and sustainability of the world \u2013 as an assortment of articles, passages, one-liners and poems, wrapped with a number of thoughtful and beautiful illustrations. It should be of interest to all readers, young and old, as it has universal themes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[79,69,71],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10866","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-biographies","7":"product_cat-new-arrivals","8":"product_cat-non-fiction","9":"pa_book-author-bill-k-koul","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/10866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=10866"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=10866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}