Hemanta Kumar Pati

A Gift of Passion Hemanta Kumar Pati

The book is written on the background of the author's own experiences in the different stages of life. The childhood passions of the author, which were very natural, were suppressed due to various factors influencing the growth of the individual in the author during the formative years in school and colleges. The social environment, the expectations from the family and friends & the economic conditions played its role in the drift away from the natural passions such as sports and writing. The small incidents in the later stage of life were the catalytic triggers in the mind of the author that helped the author realize the hypocrisy of happiness he was experiencing till he reached the age of 50+ years. Such realization with a strong introspection led the author to break away from the monotony of hypocritical happiness and made him re-live his life following his passions in search of real happiness. In the process of this life changing experiences, the author became a long distance runner having run 30 organised long runs &also authored this book. Now, the author is "New Person" gifted by his passions. As a protagonist, the author explains the entire journey through dream of running an Ultra Marathon and fondly hopes this could be a life changing experience to anybody who is sincere to his/her passion.