Brave Hearts

Author(s): Kumarpal Desai
Publisher: Eye Care Foundation

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determination on the part of a person to achieve something that ordinarily appears to be beyond reach alone results in such acts of valour and virility. Every character included in this book leaves the reader tremendously inspired. One is kindled with the thought that when one is backed by determination and a strong will-power, nothing on this earth is impossible to achieve.
The writer of this book has done a great service to society by describing and highlighting the acts of valour and bravery of those who are physically handicapped. Very often the physical disability in a person not only makes him bodily incapacitated but also mentally dependent. The book throws light on the bravery and courage of such persons who could overcome not only their physical incapacity but also the psychological trauma associated with it.
The field of literature also calls for a change now. The type of literature that people in general and youth in particular are addicted to reading these days, makes one intellectually weak, disabled and amorous. At a time when society is degenerating, this book written by Kumarpal Desai depicting and describing the unimaginable acts of valour and bravery on the part of the physically challenged will certainly go a long way in inspiring the future generations to make their lives
virtuous.
While one goes through the pages of this book, one wonders as to the sources from which the writer must have collected the required information and the tremendous efforts he must have made to gather the same. I am greatly impressed by his aptitude towards the acts of valour, virility and bravery undertaken by the physically handicapped persons. I am personally thankful to Kumarpal Desai for giving me this opportunity of going through the book and also for writing a few words about it.
If society as a whole is positively oriented towards this kind of literature, it would go a long way in changing the
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