India, Oct. 16 -- In this unconventional memoir cum self-help book, ex-hacker and techie Robin Singh encapsulates his life's journey from the US to a small village in Himachal Pradesh, where he now runs a welfare facility for homeless animals.

Singh became a hacker in 1997 while he was in his teens. The internet was still new to India and could only be accessed via a dial-up connection; internet accounts were expensive and the speed was unbelievably slow. Singh began breaking into other people's cyber accounts for free access and this continued until he was cornered by someone more experienced. This senior hacker introduced Singh to the concept of "outsourcing" and soon the dollars started pouring into his bank account.

By 21, he had la...