“Now that we know our time is limited,
we need to look at life with a new perception.”

In Love with Death is a book that explores our lifelong relationship with death. It delves into the ways through which we can use an awareness of death to shape our lives in a positive and meaningful direction. Satish Modi’s aim is to help people overcome their fear of dying and enable them to explore death positively, in the hope that this might motivate them to fill their lives with goodness, love and compassion.

Described as the ‘son of the founder of modern industrial India’, through the course of his privileged life Satish Modi realised that happiness did not lie in the material world. This knowledge spurred him into the humble pursuit for greater meaning in life. His book, In Love with Death, is a direct result of this journey.

Modi writes in a gentle manner, with a tone that invites a careful consideration of life and all its wonder. His book explores the difficulties and trappings of life and delves into topics such as trust, money, music, grief and time. Modi writes with the wisdom of experience and of a life well-lived. He gives the reader a calm quiet space from within which we can consider life and death and the myriad possibilities we have for marking our existence with positivity.

“Philanthropy is something very close to my heart and I am a firm believer that we should spend as much time and effort giving to others as we can. Satish has many thoughts that are closely aligned to mine, and I highly recommend this book to anybody – it’s a real eye opener.” – James Caan, serial business entrepreneur.

Title: In Love with Death
Pub Date: 1 May 2014
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Birlinn Limited UK
Price: £9.99
Extent: 176 pages
ISBN-13: 9781780272146

Notes for Editors:

About the author
Satish Modi Satish Modi is a philanthropist, businessman and author who divides his time between London and New Delhi. He is respected for his entrepreneurial approach to international business. Modi started India’s first private airline (Modiluft, now known as Spice Jet) in 1993 and in 2013 he founded a Football Club in the U.K. known as Modi Town Football Club. He founded and is on the board of India’s first offshore mutual fund, the J.F. India Fund, which is part of J.P. Morgan Chase.
Satish Modi and his wife Abha established the International Institute of Fine Arts (www.iifaindia.org) in 2000 and in 2010 Modi also launched Arts for India, a charity to raise funds to support underprivileged, yet talented artists from India.

About the book
In Love with Death In Love with Death balances Modi’s own musings on life with a careful selection of stories. The book takes readers on a journey through the challenges of everyday life and suggests ways we can appreciate the world in which we live and make the most of our lives. From lived-experience to philosophical musings, the book investigates contemporary issues that can intrude on the joy of life and ways to counteract this.

About the publisher
Birlinn Limited Birlinn Limited, was established in 1992 by Managing Director Hugh Andrew, and is comprised of a number of imprints, Birlinn, Polygon, John Donald and Arena Sports. Birlinn publishes mostly non-fiction books, ranging from biography to history, military history and Scottish interest. For over 20 years, we have been producing high quality books and are now one of the leading independent publishers in Scotland. The name comes from the old Norse word birlinn, meaning a long boat or small galley with 12 to 18 oars, used especially in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland in the Middle Ages.

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