Borrowed Time, Borrowed Hope is a compelling medico-cultural and corporate thriller tracing a journalist’s transformation into a corporate professional while confronting life’s deepest challenges. Moving between his corporate world and the intense realities of medicine, the story captures the drama of operating theatres, the tension of ICUs, and the fragile balance between science and survival. “A book worth reading,” as the author displays a remarkable ability to bring medical procedures and human emotions vividly to life. His earlier works on COVID-19 are a powerful recreation of the pandemic years 2019–2020.
- Dr. Prabha Kartik, ENT Surgeon at Apollo Spectra Hospitals, Chennai
Ashok Nilakantan Ayer, a distinguished New Delhi–based journalist, author, and historian, has spent over four decades chronicling the world’s defining moments—from the corridors of power with India’s Prime Ministers and Presidents to humanity’s darkest crises. His first book, No Time to Hide, earned international acclaim followed by No Time to Escape, which examined the virus’s relentless mutations. With Borrowed Time, Borrowed Hope, Ayer turns the lens inward, chronicling his wife Usha’s tragic battle with renal failure. Ayer reaffirms journalism’s noblest purpose—to preserve humanity amid suffering and lend dignity to those unseen and unheard.
- Dr. Narayana Reddy, Chairman Emeritus - Council of Sex Education and Parenthood International (Headquartered in New York). Past President - Asia Oceania Federation for Sexology (Incorporated in Hong Kong).
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Ashok Nilakantan
Ashok Nilakantan Ayer is a Delhi and New York-based author, journalist, and commentator who has written extensively on India's economy and American domestic and foreign policy. He has traveled to over 30 countries across Europe, the Americas, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia, and has accompanied India's President, Vice President, and Prime Minister on official assignments. His debut works include three books chronicling the COVID-19 pandemic. His novel Borrowed Time, Borrowed Hope draws from his personal journey through his wife's battle with kidney failure
