32 inspirational stories to fill your life with hope!

“Heroes Amongst Us” is Dr Amit Nagpal’s latest book, which was showcased at the 2^nd Khajuraho Literature Festival 2020. Dr Nagpal is co-founder and President of Bloggers Alliance, a nationwide association of bloggers, storytellers and creators. From marketer to professor to storyteller, six words tell his life story. The book contains inspirational stories of ordinary people who achieved extraordinary success.

There are overall 32 stories in the book, starting from Ven. Bhikkhu Sanghasena, a Buddhist monk from Ladakh, to Manish Tyagi, a standup comedian. Then there are stories of Sidharth Balakrishna, Malti Bhojwani, Rajeshwari Chauhan, Smita Nair Jain, Vinita Jain, Harjeet Khanduja, Murtaza Ali Khan and Jeetendra Lalwani among others. “I will be the best in the place I am” reads the title of Dr Prasanth Nair’s story, while the story of Vijay Nallawala is titled as “How a story inspired a movement”. 

For better understanding and ease of learning, every chapter is concluded with success mantras of the person concerned. First person accounts are also given in between the details and sub headings are given to divide the topics. The beauty of the book is that each story is unique and each person is interesting. These stories give you some common threads and some uncommon lessons from the real-world heroes.

Besides the forwards by Dr Ganesh Natrajan, Chairman, Social Venture Partners India and 5F World and Dr Annurag Batra, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, Business World, the

Epilogue is written by Jennifer Setl, President and Founder Agility3R. Dr Natrajan says, “We should not forget that for every hate-monger, there exist ten good people. Anu Aga, Amol Palekar, Narayana Murthy, Bill Gates, Michelle Obama are a few such names from whom we can learn lessons and create a better planet.”

The carefully selected stories, discovered and curated by Dr Amit Nagpal, feature common people from different walks of life. The stories are both heart-warming and inspirational. These stories carry secret pearls of wisdom that will teach, inspire and motivate the readers to adopt a never give-up attitude. Over 30 doers, dreamers, achievers, creators and most importantly digital innovators are showcased in this book and it’s fascinating to know their unique stories, writes Dr Annurag Batra.

Commenting on the book, Andrea Baldi, Director, Italian Embassy Cultural Centre, New Delhi, says, “Finding one’s own way in life is one of the major issues everyone has to face and solve in life. It is a search made of attempts and failures, often lived as defeats. But in reality, they are only adjustments on our paths, that rarely open for themselves a path of self-achievement. This book is an interesting collection of stories of people who could do this turn in their lives and can be examples for others.”

The book is worth reading, however, it would had been better if profile pictures of the achievers were also given in each chapter. The 200-page book, Published by Cursive, an imprint of Oakbridge Publishing Pvt Ltd., Gurugram, is priced at Rs 495, which is justified with the kind of quality stuff it serves. The book is available online.

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