Based on her father's real life illness, Rima Pande will take us through a framework of: Respect - how important it is to maintain dignity for a person who is in a helpless state. Resilience - working with what life throws at us, with a smile on our face. Realism - understanding that effort may not always yield the results one hopes for, but continuing, and not giving up. Relationships - steadfast spousal commitment, the parent-child bond and familial support. The themes of this event may coax readers to pause, acknowledge and appreciate the key relationships in their life.

Agastya Raj has a stroke that leaves him paralyzed from the neck down and unable to speak. As he lies in bed, encircled with love and care orchestrated by his wife Khushi, he shares with us the tumultuous thoughts that swirl in his mind. In this fictionalized narrative, Lexington author Rima Pande immerses herself in her father’s consciousness to become his voice--His Voice brings to us the story of her parents, her father’s illness and her powerful, giving mother. A sensitive portrayal of deep family roots and often unspoken bonds across four generations, with plenty of little twists in between, this talk will make you smile and reflect.

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