"Go Kiss The World" by Subroto Bagchi

The motivation of reading this book came from a short premise (which was in the form of speech). It was very powerful and heart-touching. Anybody who has read that has to acknowledged it (if you haven’t read, do through it). The author of this book is a successful entrepreneur and is the co-founder of Mindtree – Subroto Bagchi.

‘Go kiss the world’ is written in simple language and the author has made the communication of the book articulate enough to impress you. The writing style is biographic and moreover covers all phases of his past life. The USP of the book is the learning which he explains for the reader by taking out the incidents from his life. Every chapter concludes with some message or an important observation.

Book is divided into 3 parts. First one, talks about his early days of mentoring and upbringing. This part is simply SIMPLE and superbly emotive. You will respect his simplicity after going through this part. Part 2 is where he steps out to work. He joins DCM and switches to HCL, then forms a start-up by the name of Project.21, then to WIPRO and then to Lucent. This part is good but not as powerful as its predecessor. Part 3 is where he recalls the foundation of Mindtree. Elaborate mentioning about various challenges and accomplishments are in this part, which is ok. The last chapter is named similar to book’s title and contains the summary of lessons.

Analysis –
While reading this book, you will feel sometimes empathic, sometimes very thoughtful and sometimes boring too. If you start comparing with your life, you will feel sometimes better and sometimes deprived. Better because you are in an age of internet and in a world where basic amenities are your right; whereas deprived because you don’t know whether you will see that boom rise again.
The book is not about Subroto’s life, it’s about the meaning of his life’s experiences. What you will like about him is his vision which sees turnoffs as opportunities to work more. Optimism which you can relate to!! Overall, it is a satisfactory read. Value for money – 3.5/5 (Price - Rs 399)

Authors add some cheesy lines for the purpose of captivating the reading audience. This one does not have lines, it has messages and they are mighty powerful. Some of them -

‘While it takes time to build perceptions, it takes even longer for perceptions to change.’

‘When they make a choice, they also choose the consequences.’

'It is not about what you create for yourself, it is what you leave behind that defines success."

‘Many overachievers create their own perception of reality and develop resultant problems in dealing with other people. When I see such people struggle with situations, I tell myself that sometimes one has to be blessed to be ordinary.’

These are best lines [last face to face conversation b/t the author and his aged mother]. They compel you to pause amidst your brisk read.

“After a few minutes, as I bend to kiss her forehead, wrinkled with age but still beautiful, she asked me in a garbled voice, ‘Chumu kyano khaccho?’ Why are you kissing me?
‘Khabona kyano?’ Why not? I asked.
She replied, simply, ‘Jao, jagat ta ke chumu khao.’
Go, kiss the world.