The first edition of my book, 'The Source of Dream' (later entitled 'Source
of the Dream') was printed at Brindavan Printers in Bangalore, where the Sanathana
Sarathi artwork was also printed at that time. It was issued in 1,000
copies, of which 900 were donated to the Sathya Sai Book and Publications Trust,
where it was sold [mostly under the counter by the Convener, P. K. Suri's (reserved mostly for his cronies and residents) at the
rate of Rs. 50/- per copy. Since Indian journalists found - during their investigations into the ashram and it finances after the murders episode - that
Mr. Suri had kept no accounts but had pocketed the money himself (piles
of unaccounted cash being found in his room during the post-murder investigations
at the ashram). That edition suffered from incompetant technical staff
(computer workers and printers), the errors only being corrected in
the 1998 Samuel Weiser edition. |