About Vasundhara Raghavan

I retired as Secretary-General of Media Research Users Council in 2005 and channelized my energies to understand and research about chronic kidney disease. In a world where people with the disease are constantly challenged for information, I took the task of writing about my family’s experiences and published my first book, Shades of Life, Sublime Joy is in Living in 2010. Apart from medical information my interest was in the human angle of the disease. “How will a person, a family live through the nightmare of the disease?” was the most discomforting thought that crossed my mind. Two books were published in 2018, with over 4 years of work. Both are very special books written as a novel with short stories, each story different from the other. Just like the disease, whose treatment is patient specific. 'The Kidney Warriors' is a compilation of stories of people from the Indian sub-continent. Who Lives Who Dies With Kidney Disease, has stories of people in the US, Italy, Germany, and the UK. Both books have some great medical information written by nephrologists. Along with a few like-minded individuals, I founded Kidney Warriors Foundation in December 2017, where, as a CEO I’m working towards helping kidney patients in India.