ABOUT
HIM
A marketer by profession, Ansar Babu, loves to balance his commercial acumen with his flair for literature and the arts.
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In January 2018, he was diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis at the age of 38. Later that year, he underwent a double-lung transplant. During his recovery, he decided to take on a new challenge – writing a memoir.
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He lives in Dubai with his wife Shehna and two children, Aayat and Azaan.
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THE BOOK
Breath: Do we ever think about it?
Death: Are we ever prepared for it?
Right after his thirty-eighth birthday, Ansar received a belated surprise gift – news that he only had a few more years to live. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), a fatal lung disease that typically hits people in their 60s, had discovered its latest prey. The universe sure has a strange way of making its presence felt.
In this emotionally charged memoir, Ansar details the series of events that kicked off with his diagnosis in January 2018 right through to the end of the year. An eclectic collection of chapters and poems that will make you laugh, cry, wonder and reflect – about life, death, and everything in between.
“Who Took My Breath Away?” is his story. One of unprecedented pain, undeterred faith and unconditional love. Above all, of unabated hope.
Did he survive or did he succumb?
Well, here he is, with a story to tell.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
"His narration was so mind-blowing that I couldn't close the book before reading it fully. This book for sure helps the medical staffs to understand in detail what their patients and family members are going through and enable the doctors, nurses and paramedics to serve them better.
— Dr. K. Madhan Kumar, Sr Consultant Heart-Lung Transplant Surgeon
at Apollo Hospital Chennai
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