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Shanta: A novel on bliss and abyss of organ donation
From a renowned Journalist, Professor of Political Science, a life-long Human right activist, and an Author of many fact and fiction based books and poems comes a heart wrenching story of love, selflessness, sacrifice, resilience and recovery.
Based on a true story of a liver donor witnessed first hand by the author, 'Shanta', is a story of a woman who puts her revered Uncle's life in front of her own.
A Surgeon by profession (and a renowned one on that), Dr. Prasad, had a little hope of survival when he was diagnosed with a malicious tumor in his Liver. Given months to live, Dr. Prasad's hope to life was all but gone.
Shanta, a middle aged woman, with a family of her own ( Husband, a son and a daughter) upon hearing the plight or her dearly Uncle, decides to dare save the man she revered. With her family's support, driven by pure selflessness and love, Shanta embarks on a treacherous road of saving a human life, and an even more exhausting road to recovery and self-healing.
Dr. Prasad has to fight for his life. Shanta has a fight of her own, as she faces and tames both inner and outer demons as she commits herself on a path to save a human life and there is no backing off.
Enjoy this amazing tale of love, suffering, endurance, and healing, artistically penned down by the Author that accounts for the many intricate aspects of a donor's life before, during and after saving a human life.
Based on a true story of a liver donor witnessed first hand by the author, 'Shanta', is a story of a woman who puts her revered Uncle's life in front of her own.
A Surgeon by profession (and a renowned one on that), Dr. Prasad, had a little hope of survival when he was diagnosed with a malicious tumor in his Liver. Given months to live, Dr. Prasad's hope to life was all but gone.
Shanta, a middle aged woman, with a family of her own ( Husband, a son and a daughter) upon hearing the plight or her dearly Uncle, decides to dare save the man she revered. With her family's support, driven by pure selflessness and love, Shanta embarks on a treacherous road of saving a human life, and an even more exhausting road to recovery and self-healing.
Dr. Prasad has to fight for his life. Shanta has a fight of her own, as she faces and tames both inner and outer demons as she commits herself on a path to save a human life and there is no backing off.
Enjoy this amazing tale of love, suffering, endurance, and healing, artistically penned down by the Author that accounts for the many intricate aspects of a donor's life before, during and after saving a human life.
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Published November 9, 2024
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