Bombay Smiles

Categories：Travel Writing   Language：Spanish
   Pages：208      Size：140mm × 220mm

【Feature】
★ Copyright has been sold: the United States, Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, Brazil, the Netherlands, Poland and other countries!
★ Reprinted 28 times! Cumulative sales of more than 800,000 copies!
★ Jaume Sanllorente, the author of the book, has founded an NGO under the name "Bombay Smiles" dedicated to fighting poverty in regions such as India, Bangladesh and Nepal, which has now benefited more than 10,000 people. During the COVID-19 outbreak, the organization saved more than 20,000 patient lives.
★ "Bombay Smiles" tells the story of the author's journey to India in plain and simple words, and because of what he saw and heard, he decided to devote himself to building a better future. It will deeply touch the hearts of every reader!
★ Full-text translations are available in English.
 
The journey that changed the life of Jaume Sanllorente... and the lives of thousands of orphans in Bombay.

In the year 2003 Jaume Sanllorente is a young journalist with a successful life in Barcelona. One fine day, a travel agency convinces him to spend his vacation in India. Jaume is shocked on that first trip to the country of the sacred cows, especially by the heartbreaking poverty that he sees in its streets.

Numerous coincidences and events caused by chance lead Jaume to become aware of the world in which he lives and to think that he can do something to fix it. After learning about a small orphanage in Bombay that is going to close its doors, with its forty children about to return to the city's brothels, Jaume makes the decision that will change the rest of his life. And, as a consequence, that of many more. On the sidewalks of Bombay his Destiny is written.

In Sonrisas de Bombay Jaume reveals to us, through his careful account and his loving vision, the realities of a country of great contrasts and reveals the secret to be happier by seeking the happiness of others. A story of loneliness, rescues, dangers, injustices, death threats and overcomings, which provides us with an example to move forward despite adversity. A lesson of wise love, dedication, sacrifice and hope that invites us to walk the path towards a better world.Read More

Born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1976, she is an author, journalist and human rights activist. He is the founder of the Bombay Smiles Foundation, a non-governmental and non-profit organization dedicated to the peaceful fight against poverty.

Jaume Sanllorente graduated from the University of Lamonruhr in Barcelona with a degree in journalism. He studied development cooperation at the Institute of Peace and Cooperation, University of Oviedo, and later at the United Nations Institute of Studies, India. He was also selected by the prestigious Harvard Kennedy School to teach a strategic management course for leaders of the world's non-governmental organizations. After finishing his studies, he worked in media outlets such as Barcelona Television.

Later, after a trip to India in which he encountered an orphanage with serious economic problems, he turned his personal and professional career to international cooperation for development and defending the human rights of Mumbai's most vulnerable. In 2005, he founded the Bombay Smiles Foundation. He now lives in the Indian city and remains a key leader of the foundation. Fighting human trafficking and supporting children from homeless families are the main frameworks of his programs, which have reached more than 10,000 people. In addition, the Foundation carries out activities to raise awareness and promote the development of education. His leadership approach has been studied at several prestigious universities and business schools, such as IESE Business School, which is allied with Harvard Business School, published the case study "Bombay Smiles" in 2011 and currently teaches international MBA students.

Jaume Sanllorente has won the Axuda Prize, the Tierno Galvan Prize for Human Values, the Youth Solidarity Award at the Castilla Leon Film Festival and the Gold Medal of the Spanish European Development Association. He is the Honorary Godfather of the Mossos D 'Esquadra 22 Promotions and a world Ambassador for the Mumbai Leprosy Program. He was also recognized as a "Man of Peace" by the Association of Peaceful Cultural Schools of Seville. The Spanish government awarded him the official Cross in 2009. In 2015, he spoke before UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations.

Jaume Sanllorente's books include The Dhaka Seamstress, The Power of a Smile, and the Concubine Song. He also co-authored a children's story book, 10 Stories, 10 Smiles, with several other authors. His most widely known work is Bombay Smiles: The Journey That Changed My Fate, which has been licensed to 14 countries and territories and has been republished 28 times. His latest novel is The Women of Bombay: The Struggle of India's Bravest, a tribute to the women of the community he worked with.