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Lights Out: A True Story of a Man's Descent into Blindness
An inspirational book about one man's descent into blindness, and his fight to live a normal life after it.
Lights Out deals with the author's gradual, incurable, and rather debilitating process of going blind, the impact of slow loss of vision, the total cluelessness of the situation, and how he overcomes the condition.
The author suffers from Retinitis Pigmentosa, a condition that affects about one in 300 in India and other developing countries. Most patients experience blindness quite suddenly and reel from its impact. The book details the difficulties of trying to live a normal life despite disability, and will inspire you to turn your weakness into a source of strength.
Lights Out deals with the author's gradual, incurable, and rather debilitating process of going blind, the impact of slow loss of vision, the total cluelessness of the situation, and how he overcomes the condition.
The author suffers from Retinitis Pigmentosa, a condition that affects about one in 300 in India and other developing countries. Most patients experience blindness quite suddenly and reel from its impact. The book details the difficulties of trying to live a normal life despite disability, and will inspire you to turn your weakness into a source of strength.
160 pages, Paperback
Published February 1, 2014
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May 5, 2014
Subramani is a personal friend and one of the people instrumental in getting me started on the path of independent writing.
In this book, he talks about being a teen and going from 100% vision to about 10% vision (my percentages) in the space of what seems to be a period of two years. The journey is harrowing, and he talks frankly about his fears of blindness, embarrassment and ridicule. It doesn't help that he has no say in his family's insistence on taking him to various miracle workers in the hope of stemming what he calls, the 'rot in his retina'.
I sincerely hope he writes another book about his life after the onset of blindness and how he has used technology to enable his work. That's a book I'm waiting to read.
I am a little peeved with the lack of proper editing of this book. Any author is bound to make errors which ought to be caught by a copy-editor. The few spelling errors in this book could have been easily corrected and the title itself could read better as 'The True Story of One Man's Descent into Blindness'.
In this book, he talks about being a teen and going from 100% vision to about 10% vision (my percentages) in the space of what seems to be a period of two years. The journey is harrowing, and he talks frankly about his fears of blindness, embarrassment and ridicule. It doesn't help that he has no say in his family's insistence on taking him to various miracle workers in the hope of stemming what he calls, the 'rot in his retina'.
I sincerely hope he writes another book about his life after the onset of blindness and how he has used technology to enable his work. That's a book I'm waiting to read.
I am a little peeved with the lack of proper editing of this book. Any author is bound to make errors which ought to be caught by a copy-editor. The few spelling errors in this book could have been easily corrected and the title itself could read better as 'The True Story of One Man's Descent into Blindness'.
January 8, 2026
can't believe the low ratings for this book, it's not supposed to appeal to your intellect it's supposed to make you THINK about the things we take for granted everyday. The language is simple, the words are conveyed, but it's about the broad message and the despair that a person feels when they lose their sight during their formative years.
September 15, 2017
Felt half written.
June 21, 2019
I commend the author for finding the strength to survive through that painful loss of vision, and becoming who he is now. That slow loss is also well shown through the illustrations inside. I wanted to know more about his journey. From the time he ran into that boy with the coffee, to becoming a journalist. That part was missing in my copy. That’d have made the read even more inspiring.
October 23, 2016
Quite interesting... something that I can relate to. It is frustrating to see so many typos and errors. I am not sure if it was run through a copy-editor. If someone is listening, I hope they rectify these errors. Abroad... and what they mean is abode. And many such...
January 11, 2017
Yes the story is true story , sad ending. So did not enjoy reading it. I feel bad for the person though. I should have never chosen this book.
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