Tuesday, March 30, 2010

I too had a dream..

[I have worked myself into a worse-than-usual blogger's block. [For example, see this]. I am trying to get out, and you might see a series of small posts in this space in near future, but let's leave that for later and see what we have today].

Recently I finished reading I too had a dream by Verghese Kurien. The name is not as well known as it should be. Mr. Kurien was the architect of the white revolution (popularly known as Operation Flood), the project that propelled our country to self sufficiency in milk and derived products. Kurien is the guy behind 'Amul' and 'Dhara', household names today. He is straightforward and blunt in his writing, mincing words neither in criticism nor praise. I found the book a riveting read. I have often heard the opinion that all our heroes lived before the independence. I knew of one glaring exception, Kalam. Now there is one more.

Thanks to Zarin for sharing the book with me.

Enjoy!

5 comments:

Prasad Musale said...

I am not sure but somewhere I read this story (APJ's book?).

Someone said to Mr. Kurien that drainage water in England is better than Milk in India...This angered Mr. Kurien and he decided to produce a milk with very high quality...which eventually led to White Revolution in India.

Jast wanted to know if it's true...

Mohsin said...

It's kinda true. Mr.Kurien was not the direct recipient of the quote though. It was part of a lab report which eventually lead to Amul, and then our govt launched the operation flood..

Unknown said...

gr8! I'm glad you enjoyed the book...

n ur real strength lies in..reading such a wide variety of books...with interest!

and always welcome..fr d book :)

Mohsin said...

thanks :) it was a nice book..

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