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About the Book:“One Crow Flies Like An Eagle” is the story of an unfortunate baby crow. A cuckoo laid an egg inside his nest when his parents were gone. The inevitable happened – upon hatching, the baby cuckoo pushed him out of the nest. However, the little crow is lucky not to succumb to the dangers of the jungle. Instead, he is rescued by an eagle who takes him home. The eagle’s entire extended family adopts him and grows completely attached to him.The baby crow, feeling betrayed by his original parents, refuses to return. He is unable to bear the guilt of becoming a permanent burden on the eagle family, despite the fact that the eagle family has no complaints about that. He deeply wishes for a miracle, which is, to turn into an eagle and fly like one. About the Author:Sridhar Vakkalanka is a software architect by profession. He has been settled in USA since 1981. He received a Bachelor's and Master's in Computer Science from Columbia University in New York City. After college, he worked for several Fortune 500 companies as a software engineer and as a software architect. These companies include AT&T, IBM, Apple, Motorola, Merrill Lynch and others. Outside the software industry, he is very serious about aviation. He holds a Master’s in Aeronautical Engineering and has deeply researched the field of Computational Fluid Dynamics. He is also a licensed glider pilot and has flown several different makes and models of both pure gliders and motorgliders. Presently, he is settled in Sarasota, Florida, contracting for the Dept. of Veterans Affairs. In this capacity, he renders his services as a software architect and as a project team leader. His other favorite pastimes include reading, traveling and watching documentaries on TV and youtube. Presently, his most serious engagement outside working hours is to follow the technical aspects of web-based applications owing to the rapid pace with which, web-based technologies are transitioning. His wife is a doctor by profession and they have been married for over twenty-five years. They have a teenage daughter and a teenage son. Writing this story has been a favorite hobby for him.