The Power of Positive Thinking shows, organized the American Foundation of Religion and Psychiatry, and co-founded the spiritual newsletter "Guideposts" with his wife, Ruth Stafford Peale. "The Power of Positive Thinking" was published in October 1952 and continues to be Peale's most widely read work. It lived on the New York Time's best-sellers list for 186 weeks, 48 of which were spent in the No. 1 nonfiction spot. The book sold more than 5 million copies worldwide — 2.5 million from 1952 to 1956 — and was eventually translated into over 40 languages. Other books published by Peale around 1952 include "The Art of Real
Paradesi (1953 film) during this time that "Parasakthi" was made. Perumal, the film's producer made a request to Anjali Devi that "Parasakthi" be released before "Paradesi". Anjali and Rao, the producers agreed and hence "Parasakthi" became Ganesan's first released film. Sakthi Krishnaswamy wrote the dialogues while Bharathidasan and Kambadasan wrote the lyrics for the Tamil film "Poongodhai". The film released on released on 14 January 1953. Both the versions did well in the run. The Tamil version "Poongodhai" received positive response from the critics. In November 2013, M. L. Narasimhan of "The Hindu" noted that the film would be "remembered as the launch