I Am Invincible
The realisation and wisdom that difficulties and overcoming them are what make our ‘passing through the planet’ the most amazing part of human experience.
-Neelam Kumar
‘I am Invincible’ is a compilation of excerpts from blogs and books of cancer and adversity fighters, interviews by the author herself of these amazing people sharing the most miserable part of their life and their road to recovery and happiness.
The author opens the book narrating her own story of fighting cancer twice and shedding the label of “poor widow” into “capable professional”. She calls herself a ‘Thriver‘ and with that puts forward stories of 13 real life heroines and heroes to help us understand and realise that life is beautiful.
The author has also penned down medical views of renowned Indian doctors on each subject which is the highlight of the book.
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Trigger Warning: Stories of Child Cancer Breast Cancer, Throat Cancer Survivors, People Suffering from rare diisease , Transplant Story, domestic abuse and rape Survivor
To say that a few selective stories shattered my heart would make me sound hypocritical. But the stories of Shweta Chawre (paediatric osteosarcoma survivor) and Charitra Das (Paediatric ALL survivor) really shattered me. It made me realise the unpredictability of life and the endurance of the human body irrespective of age.
The story of Nalini Satyanarayan who suffered from Throat Cancer due to passive smoking makes one apprehend how smoking kills both the active and passive smoker. Shalini’s narration of a years of domestic abuse and Sapna’s open addressal of her gangrape makes one question the norms of society.
What is really amazing is that each one of them, though a survivor, are doing everything within their means to create awareness about the disease, treatments and fighting the stigma.
A book which should be read by many people for these are stories of real life warriors.
Bombay Reader 