This book Wind in the Flute is a collection of tales of giving and lessons learned from stories of real lives. These stories are in prose and prose poetry form. It speaks of opportunities of being generous with ourselves and with people who come into our lives. It is often for reason or a lesson that we come in contact with certain people in our lives.

These stories are based on reality, and the characters' names and places of interactions have all been changed to keep their confidentiality. The narration draws out the characters and the scenarios which appear comical and entertaining at times, and somber and serene on other occasions. The listeners will have a good time through the journey, that some might call exotic. The stories again have an underlying theme of giving, generosity, gestures of care and hope, and looking past tragedies to learn from them.

The book follows previously successful book Of Myriad Paths by Saal Baraan where the messages were facing hopelessness and death in the face and cataloging heroes who brave lives in spite of hopelessness.

Wind in the Flute is an easy listen, entertaining and based out of the concept that a flute is just a piece of wood albeit with a better shape. It has no voice and no life unless wind (the air through our wind pipes) flows through it, and then, it is the matter of person who plays it that it can make sounds of incredible variations and create notes that make the music alive.

The lives of some people touched through the wind brought forth by generous people helped create the music in the lives. This, in short, is a book on giving, doing, and doing anything by being aware of people who just bump into you or live next door to you or come across in your travels. I would call them "global stories" as it collides people from four continents and seven countries with great variations in financial, educational, and social health.

The doers in these stories are neither rich, nor famous. They are generous and caring and feel the pain of the people around them and look for solutions to bring music so to speak. The prose poetry expresses personal stories clad in realistic fiction. It ranges from wise choices to foolish decisions with consequences worthy of sharing and remembering.

Finally, ageing and its challenges remain the theme worthy of dialogue, but this time, it is aimed toward finding solutions and not just garner pity from the listeners.

The overarching objective is learning by giving, by receiving and by sharing . It has to be clarified that the book is not just another feel-good book about charity and donations. It is about sticking with who you're supporting for a long haul, not just give some run but see it through, share their joy and sorrow along the way, month after month and year after year. That is what makes some of these stories powerful, meaningful, different, and impactful.

Lastly, please leave your review after listening, as it means a lot and keeps the book alive. Your reviews are the proverbial wind in the flute of this book's life!

Thank you and have blessed lives.

Saal