We're sharing stories of the bestseller writers who have battled cancer and are now living happy, healthy lives can help fill so many hearts with inspiration:
Manish Koirala: One of Bollywood’s most high profile cancer survivors is Manisha Koirala. Manisha’s cancer was diagnosed after she fell unconscious in 2012 and was admitted in hospital. After some tests, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She underwent surgery in the following month and battled the ailment with remarkable strength. She moved to New York to begin treatment and spent a couple of years fighting the disease, triumphantly coming out on top. Koirala was last seen essaying the role of Sanjay Dutt’s mother Nargis in Sanju.
Book: Healed: How Cancer Gave Me a New Life
Healed is the powerful, moving and deeply personal story of actor Manisha Koirala's battle against ovarian cancer. From her treatment in the US and the wonderful care provided by the oncologists there to how she rebuilt her life once she returned home, the book takes us on an emotional roller-coaster ride through her many fears and struggles and shows how she eventually came out triumphant. Today, as she completes six years of being cancer-free, she shares her story-one marked by apprehensions, disappointments and uncertainties-and the lessons she learnt along the way. Through her journey, she unravels cancer for us and inspires us to not buckle under its fear, but emerge alive, kicking and victorious.
Tahira Kashyap: Tahira Kashyap is an Indian Writer, Professor, and Theatre Director. She is the wife of well known Bollywood Actor, Ayushmann Khurrana. He was diagnosed with "stage 0" breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy procedure.
Book: The 12 Commandments of Being a Woman
The 12 commandments of being a woman will make you laugh (a lot) and cry (a little), inspire you and move you. It may just become your Bible. In this funny, wise and outrageously Frank book, Tahira Kashyap khurrana talks of lying in school about getting her periods, falling in love at eighteen with her future husband, her obsession with having a Triple br>D bra cup, going on the world’s craziest diets and accidentally getting pregnant because of a Chinese meal. And in doing so, she touches every woman’s secret heart...
Lisa Ray: Lisa Ray, the model-turned-actress who appeared in films like ‘Haste Khelte’, ‘Kasoor’, ‘Water’, ‘Bollywood Hollywood’ and the recently released ‘Veerappan’, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma (a cancer of plasma cells) in 2009. Though she chose to keep mum about it initially, she bravely battled it out to tell her cancer story to others.
Books: Close to the Bone
Lisa Ray is an internationally acclaimed actress, public speaker and writer. Raised in Canada by an Indian father and Polish mother, Lisa began modelling at sixteen and went on to become one of India's most successful and memorable cover models. In a career spanning three decades and many continents, she has starred in several prestigious acting projects, including Canada's Oscar-nominated film, Water. When diagnosed with a rare blood cancer in 2009, Lisa chose to share her experiences in a blog called 'The Yellow Diaries', which led to her memoir, Close to the Bone.