Rashmi Bansal
Rashmi Bansal is an Indian non-fiction writer and public speaker. As of 2016, she has published seven best-sellers, all addressing entrepreneurship in an attempt to provide encouragement to young men and especially young women.[1][2] Her first book, Stay Hungry Stay Foolish, which traces the progress of 25 MBAs, has reached sales of over 500,000, breaking the Indian record for non-fiction works.[3]
Biography
Bansal was born on 20 May 1971. She grew up at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in South Mumbai where her father was an astrophysicist. After attending St Joseph's High School in Colaba, she studied at Sophia College for Women before earning an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.[2]
On graduating from IIM in 1993, she first worked as a brand manager for the Times of India. After developing a youth page for The Independent, she went on to found JAM (Just Another Magazine), a youth magazine in collaboration with her husband Yatin Bansal.[4][5]
She was inspired to write Stay Hungry Stay Foolish (2008) by Rakesh Basant, a professor at IIM Ahmedabad who suggested she should cover the experiences of 25 entrepreneurs from the school. It turned out to be so successful that 100,000 copies were sold in the first 10 months, eventually recording sales of over 350,000. Her next book, Connect the Dots (2010), traced the progress of entrepreneurs without the MBA qualification. It also proved to be a best seller. Her I Have a Dream (2011) focused on social entrepreneurs, introducing an interesting mix of English and Hindi, popularly known as Hinglish, in an attempt to add a more realistic account of her personalities.[2][4]
In a interview with Heather Timmons of the New York Times, Bansal explained she decided to use Hinglish as it provides a more direct representation of people's voices and makes them more real.[4] More recently, Bansal has written another four best-sellers on entrepreneurs: Poor Little Rich Slum, Follow Every Rainbow, Take Me Home and Arise Awake. All are concerned with entrepreneurship with advice on how to succeed. She frequently illustrates her ideas with accounts of those who have risen to unexpected heights.[2]
Publications
- Bansal, Rashmi. Stay Hungry Stay Foolish. Westland. 2008. ISBN 978-9381626719.
- Bansal, Rashmi. Connect the Dots. Westland. 2010. ISBN 978-93-81626-70-2.
- Bansal, Rashmi, I Have a Dream. Westland. 2011. ISBN 978-93-80658-38-4.
- Bansal, Rashmi. Poor Little Rich Slum. Westland. 2012. ISBN 978-93-81626-18-4.
- Bansal, Rashmi. Follow Every Rainbow. Westland. 2013. ISBN 978-93-82618-42-3.
- Bansal, Rashmi. Take me Home. Westland. 2014. ISBN 978-93-83260-80-5.
- Bansal, Rashmi. Arise Awake. Westland. 2015. ISBN 978-93-84030-87-2.
References
- ↑ "Author Rashmi Bansal Biography, Books, Blog, Marriage, Husband, Daughter". Youth Developers. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Rashmi Bansal: An Author, Speaker and Entrepreneur!". Yo! Success. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ↑ Mukhopadhyay, Subhodeep (11 July 2016). "Stay Hungry Stay Foolish Book Review". Mkerj. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- 1 2 3 Timmons, Heather (19 September 2011). "A Conversation With: Rashmi Bansal". New York Times.
- ↑ "Digital capitalization, India, Mumbai, Bansal, 12/17/2008". IFTFdate=26 December 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2016.