Book: I have a Dream by Rashmi Bansal

Finished reading “I have a dream” by Rashmi Bansal. It is a collection of real life stories of 20 entrepreneurs who contributed to the society through their ventures and efforts. Rashmi has done a great job with this book.

The book starts with the story of Bindeshwar Pathak of Sulabh International fame and goes on to describe many brillient individuals with kind souls like Anand Kumar (Super 30), Dhruv Lakra (Mirakle Couriers), Anshu Gupta (Goonj), Madhu Pandit Dasa (Akshaya Patra), Vinayak Lohani (Parivaar Ashram) and Shreesh Jadhav (Belur Math) among others. Each individudal tells his or her story full of struggles, setbacks and successes. While all are ver y inspiring, some really touch our soul. The book has been written in conversational style. While the book is very soul touching, at times the manner in which conversations are recorded irritates readers since it is difficult to find if the statement is made by the author of the book or by the person narrating his or her story. The paragraphs are in the form of one sentence each and at many places it looks like scrapbook or a blog not well edited. Apart from the lacking in editing, which can be improved upon in future editions, the book is a master piece. I highly recommend all to read this book; it is very special one you will surely remember for life.