Raveen Arora, a 2021 Nobel Peace Prize nominee and member of the Rotary Club of Tempe South, is the author of a soon-to-be-released book, “Stars Shine in Darkness: A Journey from Refugee to Refuge.”

The book is an unflinchingly honest and poignant memoir charting Raveen’s compelling life journey from the overwhelming darkness of post-partitioned Calcutta (now Kolkata), India, to the beckoning opportunities and shining light of the modern American West.

Born in servant quarters and raised in a very modest refugee household, Raveen’s core values of empathy, kindness, multi-culturalism and compassion were nurtured by his teachers in school, family, early iconic mentors, influencers and Nobel Laureates like Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Dalai Lama.

His work with Mother Teresa’s charities, Tibetan and Bangladeshi refugees as a young adult served as a robust fuel to ignite the decisive trajectory of his life.

A lifetime of trailblazing humanitarian actions led to his Think Human Initiative and Nobel Prize nomination. Raveen says “My story is not where I came from, but where I found the courage to go and what I became.”

The book is available from Luminare Press. For more information, visit www.raveenarora.com.