I have a dream.

“I have a dream… That one day all of God’s children will be able to join hands and sing…

Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last.”

                                                                                      --Martin Luther King Jr.

Rashmi Bansal is back with another set of inspiring journey of entrepreneurs. Frankly speaking I have been a fan of her books, ever since I read her 1^st.

In her 1st book she had put forward the inspiring work of some IIM grads, who turned out to be called as Entrepreneurs, in the 2^nd they were non –IIM grads.

I had enjoyed the latter version, more to the fact that those people didn’t had the backup material, like the IIM grads, still they were motivated enough to continue their journey.

In this edition she takes us to the life of 20 entrepreneurs who turned their life, not for money, not for fame but for the well being of the society, called Social Entrepreneurs.

The book is typically divided in three sections –RAINMAKERS, -CHANCETAKERS, -THE SPIRITUAL CAPITALIST, just like the previous two versions.

I have nothing more dramatic to write about this one, the book speaks for itself. Though, I would like to throw some light on few of its chapters :

Page 141, THE HUNGRY TIDE - Super 30.

I am sure all the Science students who had ever dreamed about getting into the IITs have heard the name of Anand Kumar’s super 30.

This veteran Mathematics teacher ran his own coaching classes, but  2002 proved a golden year for his efforts, when all the 30 students cracked the IIT JEE. And as they say, the rest was history.

Page 99, PRODIGAN SUN – Selco.

Not everyone here will recognize this company but as electronics students I have delt with this word more than often.

Harish Hande’s Selco is a company which makes solar lighting suitable and available for villagers, this company has already reached its hand to numerous houses in Karnataka and plans to take the project forward in other states as well.

Page 32, RAGS TO RICHES. -  Conserve India.

Anita Ahuja, moved by the lives of many rag pickers around Delhi took up the social cause to improve their lives. Along with her husband she created a unique program that recycler plastic waste to beautiful export quality handbags.

These and many more will motivate you to take up the social cause. 

In her words there are two kinds of people in the world,

1^st – those who think 

and 2^nd- those who feel.

I will let you figure out, the one that fits for yourself.

Happy reading.


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