An engineer by training, Maneshwar S. Chahal has served in the IAS in Punjab and in the Central Government. His illustrious career has seen him serve as CMD of a public sector bank, and he was also a member of the Punjab State Human Rights Commission. He admits that literature is his first love and, in all probability, his true calling. A voracious reader all his life, he also has a few short stories to his credit. The study of spiritual literature, especially that relating to the Sikh religion, has been his passion. He has to his credit now three books in the series 'Way to God in Sikhism.'