There Is Only Room for Hope

About the Book

There is only Room for Hope is the true account of one woman’s fight with her husband’s Cancer. Having lost the battle twice, this time she is determined to win the war. Her arsenal is an eclectic mix of humour, determination and hope, tempered with in depth research and informed choices. Her journey is a blend of conventional therapies and alternative options. There is only Room for Hope is a story of love and trust, and recounts how a terrible ailment can also have a silver lining that outwits the beast. It is in your hands to turn the elephant in the room into a mouse, this book shows you how you can. There is only Room for Hope also gives you an in depth account of alternative options and urges you to keep your mind open and have faith in your intuition and hunches when it comes to helping a loved one.

About the Author

Anouradha Bakshi was born in Prague in 1952. The daughter of a diplomat she spent her childhood in diverse countries before finally making New Delhi her home. She taught French and worked as an interpreter and conference organiser. The last words of her father: ‘Don’t lose faith in India’ made her question the validity of an almost perfect life in an India where too many ‘whys’ needed to be answered. In 1998 she set up Project Why in an effort to find answers to the deafening whys that disturbed her. Today Project Why works with over1000 disadvantaged children and women in an effort to give them the right to dream. In 2005 she was voted Citizen One by the India Today group. Anouradha always felt that Project Why would be her swansong but two years ago her husband was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and her life was turned on its head. Cancer had taken both her parents and this time she was determined to win her battle with the dreaded C. Putting her life on hold, she becomes her husband’s cancer buddy in every way possible setting the tone for the battle, a battle she fought and won on her own terms, never giving up her right to make choices. Knowing that to win the battle she would need to know her adversary, she left no stone unturned in her quest to learn about and demystify cancer ultimately choosing her ‘own’ protocol that she shares in There is only Room for Hope. She also urges everyone to seek the silver lining that always outsmarts the adversary. Anouradha lives in Delhi with her husband. She has two daughters and a grandson. Anouradha is also the author of Dear Popples.