The Celestial Charioteer
About this ebook
This novella, unfolding in thirty-six chapters, celebrates thirty-six great ṛiṣhis of the Vedic and epic tradition. From Vashishtha’s dawn-light revelation to Patanjali’s final posture of boundless union, each chapter is a two-page meditation on how divine guidance can temper power, illuminate ignorance, and awaken the soul’s hidden pilot. These stories reveal that in every heart lies a silent mentor, waiting for the seeker to listen. As you journey through these pages, you will witness Vashishtha’s counsel to monarchs, Agastya’s confrontation with nature’s fury, Narada’s harmonies deepened by revelation, and Shabari’s devotion sanctified by simplicity. Every rishi stands before the same veiled seer and departs forever changed. May their transformations inspire you to discern the veiled hand that steers your own life’s chariot, and to hear, in the space between each breath, the silent hymn of the Celestial Charioteer.
About the author
Chinmoy Mukherjee has been working as solution architect for past 15 years.
Over the past 25 years, he has contributed to 50 real-world software projects as an individual contributor. His experience has enabled him to design, develop, and deploy some of the most complex systems, handling millions of transactions per day. As both an AWS and GCP-certified architect, he has not only built 8 systems from scratch but has also successfully re-engineered 7 legacy systems, improving their performance by 15–30%.
His expertise in cybersecurity has led to incredible discoveries—some thrilling, some frustrating. He was listed among the top 100 security researchers in the world for Microsoft (Q4, 2022) and also in Google's Hall of Fame. He ethically hacked Baba Bank, retrieving its entire customer database, and even achieved remote code execution in JPMC & Solana. Over time, he has reported critical vulnerabilities to 50+ Australian companies and received bug bounties from Uber, Apple, Mastercard, Octopus Australia, MagicLeap, and Paysafe. One of his wildest exploits? He found a vulnerability that let him order a Porsche without paying—only to receive a meager $1050 bounty for the discovery.
His penchant for testing boundaries made him the first engineer among 500,000 in HCLTech to complete and download all 1,000 offered certificates. In the industry, he played a critical role in defeating Infosys in 3 major RFPs while being part of underdog teams. Beyond corporate challenges, he took the lead in India's first blockchain token deployment, successfully developing and listing tokens on the Ethereum network.
Innovation has been central to his career. He holds 3 patents, granted in the USA and Australia. Among them, he developed "Patient Analytics," a patented system that underwent successful clinical trials in India. His contributions extend beyond hands-on work—he has written 4 bestselling eBooks (3 technical and 1 parody) and published a technical book via Springer.
