Hyderabad, Nov. 23: Norman Lewis, the author of the world famous book Word Power Made Easy will now have tough competition from the city. The Hyderabad police commissioner, Mr B. Prasada Rao, is all set to publish a book titled Word Power to Mind Power, which presents a different way to improve one’s vocabulary.
The new method developed by the veteran police officer involves weaving a story with real life events using new words. This would make them part of one’s vocabulary much more easily. "I was a Telugu medium student up to intermediate, and felt that I was lagging behind," he said. "So I decided to master the English language. Since then I have been memorising words." He started by learning 200 new words everyday. Even though he is very busy now, he still finds time to learn new words.
Mr Prasada Rao claims he has memorised 11,000 words and also has their meanings at his fingertips. "As a policeman, taking time out for hobbies and interests is a bit difficult," he says. "I started practising this method when I was the additional superintendent of police in East Godavari district."
It took him 11 years to complete this book. He now wants this to be sold at affordable prices so that ordinary people can buy it. Ms Pushpa Ramakrishnan, head of the department of English in Dr B.R. Ambedkar Open University, has penned the foreword for the book. Mr Prasada Rao is also an accomplished physicist. His theory on the nature of light was published under the title "New light on LIGHT" in the Italian Optics Journal Atti Della Fondazione Giorgio Ronchi in 2004.
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