Anand Krishnaswamy is a veterinarian from India. After earning his initial degrees in botany and agribusiness and working in the U.S.A. and India for 14 years, he decided to pack up his life and move to Sri Lanka to study veterinary medicine and fulfill a childhood dream. It was a journey full of challenges and unforgettable characters, both animal and human. He started writing about his experiences as a college student at the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka, and later as a newly qualified veterinarian in south India. This is a sample of his work.