Paper Details

Name: Anupam Vatsyayan
Country: India

Year: 2016
Volume: Volume-3, Issue-1 (January-June)
Page Number: 48-54

The biggest fear of all humans is death. Death has been seen as synonymous to “the end,” or “closure,” which implies the conclusion of a beautiful life and also the corollary sensory perceptions. It is seen as an enemy, an impostor who disrupts the mental peace, destroys the smooth pattern of everyday schedule and jolts us out of a (delusional) existence of being in command of our own course of life. However, when Anita Moorjani declares “dying to be me,” we are forced to sit up and take notice of the other side of the coin, in this case, death. Can there be a positive side to death? Can “it” lead to anything even remotely constructive? How can the fear of death be mastered? Is it even possible? Which new house will I live in after I die? What will happen to “me” or my “self?” Moorjani, by sharing her own experience through her book, has made an attempt to dissipate such fears and resolve similar questions. The title of her book propounds the idea that death can result in the discovery of the “self,” which otherwise loses its identity during life. It sounds paradoxical but has been proven to be somewhat true in the case study of/by Anita Moorjani.