Ashish Dalela is the author of the award-winning book, ‘I Won't Take You Back’, which was published in 2011. The book is the story of an accidental meeting between two young boys in a small village in rural India where they discover their love for cricket. It is about how these boys, inspired by the greatest cricketer of all time, Sachin Tendulkar, came together to become one of India's most successful cricket teams.
Ashish's second book, 'Playing Hardball', was published in 2015. The story takes us through the life of Ravindra Jadeja, India's new left-handed batsman and his battles with demons on and off the field
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Ashish has also written three children's books. His first book 'The Little Cricket Match' is about two friends who decide to play cricket on their own when they break away from their school team. His second book 'Nathu's Journey' (2016) is about a 10 year old boy who has severe kidney problems and who discovers that there are still places where he can go to receive treatment outside his native country.
His third children's book 'Nathu the Brave' (2017) is about a young boy from an Indian village who gets transported into a different world through a magic lamp.
Ashish has been involved with many charitable projects over the years and has been associated with several social organizations for socially disadvantaged children and women since 1998. He has provided financial assistance to several schools and orphanages in his native state of Odisha as well as in other parts of India and Nepal through his NGO Rachana based at Bhubaneswar, India.
Ashish lives with his wife Jyoti and daughter Urvi at their home in Bhubaneswar, Odisha where he works as a motivational speaker and as a consultant to educational institutions and corporates.
He travels extensively throughout India for motivational speaking engagements as well as educational programmes related to sports and education. Ashish is also a regular columnist for several newspapers in Odisha including the largest daily paper Dainik Bhaskar as well as several other newspapers including Eenadu Daily.