Om Swami, born into a North Indian Brahmin family, after having obtained and MBA from University of Technology, Sydney and worked in the corporate sector, renounced material wealth in March 2010. His first book If Truth Be Told: A Monk’s Memoir was published in 2014. Other books by Om Swami in include, A Fistful of Love: Wisdom and Humor from a Monk’s bowl in 2015, When All is Not Well: Depression and Sadness from a Yogic Perspective in 2016 and Kundalini: An Untold Story in 2016.