Bagchi says: “Though my father and mother were temperamentally very different, they were bound by a very visible value system that glorified education, hard work, simplicity and honest living. Describing his father’s mental illness, and the quiet manner in which Labonya Prova, his mother, took charge of the family during such times, without helplessness or blaming anybody. The book recreates the author’s humble background. Even though this is done in autobiographies. Go Kiss the World is an inspiration to ‘Young India’, and those who come from small-town India, urging them to recognize and develop their inner strengths, thereby realizing their own unique potential.Surely, holding a mirror to one’s entire life- childhood, parents, siblings- in great detail is not the easiest of things to do. Through personal anecdotes and simple words of wisdom, Subroto Bagchi brings to young professional lessons in working and living, energizing ordinary people to lead extraordinary lives. From humble beginnings, he went on to achieve extraordinary professional success, eventually co-founding MindTree, one of India’s admired software services company. These words became the guiding principle of his life.Subroto Bagchi grew up amidst what he calls the ‘material simplicity’ of rural and small-town Orissa, imbibing from his family a sense of contentment, constant wonder, connectedness to a larger whole and learning from unusual sources. “Go, kiss the world” were Subroto Bagchi’s blind mother’s last words to him.
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