life lived, spent, and thereby make us wonder in awe, leave us
thinking,blinking and bewildered.
You wonder why you could not and did not write that piece as well!
One such effort with a very mind boggling title came my way, thanks to
my daughter who is now blooming within one of the finest business
plans in the world: Google.
She bought this book, read it as well, and goaded me to do the same, a
few months ago.
I could not and did not then, because my mind was preoccupied on more
important matters.
On this week end, it not only rained, it poured, and that to at a time
when I was all set to drive out to Tee off, at the much coveted,
awaited weekly game of Golf.
I could not.
I did not.
I was restless and impatient, and did not know what to do.
As I sat pondering at that point of time I happen to glance at this
book on my side table.
I picked it up at around 3 pm on the anxious Sunday afternoon.
I did not put it down till well past midnight.
Such is the power of expression and the attraction engulfed within
this effort by Subroto Bagchi.
A successful self made man and a fist generation entrepreneur who has
lived a rewarding corporate life culminating in the founding of one of
the most admired business plans that went public too from the soils of
India.
Mindtree.
The book uniquely titled as, Go Kiss The World,
Is:
A story of endless endurance.
An endless strife for excellence.
A saga of patience and perseverance.
An example of painful but rewarding diligence.
That' title itself is so catchy and commanding.
A command that the Authors' mother lovingly gives him when he is on
her bedside, just before she is about to breathe last.
What a wonderful command...reminds me of Napoleon and his famous words
then: Give me Good Mothers and I shall Give you a Good Nation!
How true even today.
The book has been written in a very simple and an effective narrating
cum story telling style.
It is full of real time experiences shared with readers through a unique elan'.
It talks and reflects about choices made, stances taken, learning,
unlearning and relearning all the time.
Speaks about never retiring as long as one lives!
Through living breathing examples.
It essentially meanders through four decades of organic but sure and a
robust growth of a professional who values values most; beginning in a
nascent corporate India of the fifties and sixties and successfully
culminates in the blooming first decade of India in; 21st century.
Through examples of corporate life lived,loved, through a smart
smattering of anecdotes with lots of wisdom embodied within them, and
through simple but engrossing narration the author has magnanimously
made it possible for the budding entrepreneurs of India, to learn from
others' experiences and mistakes.
How thoughtful of him.
Truth, courage, and the hunger to succeed despite all odds thanks to
the wonderful upbringing undertaken by a caring, daring, father... who
firmly believed that his children be as adept, if not better than him:
a fisher men, in their lives...' and did teach them just that! who
also lives long enough to see them be that as well!
With such upbringing and self discipline the Author commences his
journey by first excelling as an NCC cadet in his early twenties, and
then later in his late forties,as a priced team member and think tank
core team member, of the famous entrepreneur; Azeem Premji of WIPRO
repute.
When the Author has it all and is there materialistically
speaking...he is more restless and ill at ease than ever before.
After money what?...is a question several leaders who value values
have asked themselves.
The author aptly sites the example of Warren Buffet here and goes on to
advocate his theory that money beyond $10,000 does not lead to
happiness, as sought!
How true!
In that very spirit the author himself at the pinnacle of his career,
with two daughters well settled in universities in USA, as a co
founder of Mind tree, requests the he be allowed to step down and work
as "a gardener"...gardening was something he learnt,loved,cherished
and enjoyed doing as a child along with his mother in the simple rural
settings of Orissa where he grew up.
In the end, the Author has very benignly summed up for every ones
benefit very true and meaningful lessons to be imbibed by the
budding, so called 'millennials' within India as such, which is not
only a bustling but also an active corner of the "globalized and
glocalised village", we are all living in, now a days.
A delightfully written and essentially a must read book of current
times for leaders in the making, is all I can say...and sign off.
As I too have now decided to: Go And Kiss The World!
Axee
Alias
Arun
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