Ghost Hunter: Gaurav Tiwari

GAURAV TIWARI was India’s top paranormal expert. For reasons unknown, he decided to end his life at the age of 32. But the legacy he built has ensured that scientific paranormal research continues. It is the story of this short journey that horror writer Abhirup Dhar chronicles in his book, ‘Ghost Hunter: Gaurav Tiwari’, authored along with the Indian Paranormal Society, which was founded by Tiwari in 2009. Knowledge cancels fear, Tiwari would say, and his research and search were driven by this motto. The book captures both the life of Gaurav Tiwari as well as his encounters with ‘the other’.

WORLD WAR II. Rangoon was under attack from the Japanese and whoever could flee was doing so. Duty-bound, Dr Jehangir Anklesaria decided to stay back and joined the war effort, working tirelessly to quell a cholera epidemic. Under relentless attack, the army fell back towards the Indian border, where Dr Jehangir suffered an ambush. As he crawled his way up and down the 5,000-foot-high mountains, his body ravaged by malaria, dysentery, blood-sucking leeches and starvation, Dr Jehangir had to make it across 24 miles. Tehmton S Mistry tells the story of a real-life hero from his extended family.

SUCCESS is celebrated, failure is overlooked. This story, of Prashant Desai, as told by him, is not of success, but failure. The year was 2017. He launched an Indian sports brand, opening 17 stores in seven cities, riding on great aspirations and confidence. The business lost Rs30 crore in 30 months, virtually wiping out all that Prashant had earned in 30 years. He says the venture failed because the number of errors in his business exceeded the positives. He didn’t want to gloss over the mistakes and decided to decode these to help others avoid the pitfalls to make their business ventures successful. To everyone who has erred.