Nithin Coca

eBook, ePUB

Traveling Softly and Quietly (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

First there is hope - that travel will turn him into a better person. Then came loss - the unexpected passing of his beloved grandma, just one month before departure, changing everything. Traveling around the world sounded like a fun way to grow, but now, for Nithin Coca, a young, idealistic, recent College graduate, it has turned into a whole lot more. Nithin has staked his future on his grand voyage, one year through Europe, the Middle East and Asia. He believes traveling will help him overcome his naiveté and shyness. Yet, he immediately struggles to fulfill his expectations, feeling lost among other travelers, including his high school travel mates. They are seeking very different notions of fun and growth. Nithin wonders if he truly is worthy of his grandma's praise, how highly she spoke of him, her eldest grandson, to her relatives right before she died. To thrive, he must overcome his fears and trust himself. So he breaks away from his friends to travel more slowly and quietly, and takes on new challenges; volunteering, teaching, learning how to be where he is. In Southeast Asia, the last leg of his trip, Nithin realizes that traveling is not a checklist of adventures, nor a catalog of stories. Traveling is intensely personal, each experience is only yours. Traveling Softly and Quietly is about that which we all want in our lives - meaning - through the tale of a young man seeking his purpose in life.

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Autor

An ambitious, young writer with a unique, global, voice, Nithin is a world traveler who aims to tell stories that connect us through our common human culture. Infected with the travel bug at a very young age, when his mom took her three month old firstborn child to India to meet his grandparents, he has already visited 44 countries and lived in Spain, France, Nepal, and Indonesia. Nithin received his undergraduate in Communications from the University of Southern California and worked for more than four years in public relations, where he frequently ghostwrote articles for national publications. More recently, his writing has been featured on Matador, Jakarta Expat, and Tripatini, and he contributes regularly to 8Asians, Quartz, and Bootsnall.
Having just finished Traveling Softly and Quietly, Nithin is currently working on his second book on the History and Culture of Chili Peppers.

Publications: Nithin has contributed pieces to Quartz (Atlantic Monthly), Jakarta Expat, Matador, MyanmarBurma.com, and BootsnAll magazines. Academically, his works have appeared in the Penang Institute Magazine, Weatherhead Institute's Asian Pacific Affairs Journal, The Association for Conflict Management Journal, and the World Resources Forum.

Media Experience: Nithin has over three years of professional public relations experiences and had numerous media contacts at outlets including Atlantic Monthly, Glamour, Grist, The Guardian, the Los Angeles Times and Huffington Post. Nithin also has extensive public speaking experience, having spoken at numerous conferences and given lectures both in the United States and abroad.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nithin Coca
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781311868572
• Artikelnr.: 53038084