I Too Had A Dream is a true story told by the visionary and revolutionary Dr. Verghese Kurien. He is known for the milk production movement in India. The book narrates the innovative story of how farmers were empowered to build strong co-operatives and increase the production of milk, which ultimately resulted in India becoming the highest milk producer in the world.
The story tells readers how Dr. Kurien met the group of farmers in Anand, Gujarat. They were forming Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Limited, which is popularly known as Amul today. He became friends with the cooperative chief Mr. Tribhuvandas Patel and was impressed by the integrity and commitment of the cooperative's members. He joined them to sell milk in a more organized fashion. The Anand model of a cooperative became famous soon and seeing the idea germinate well, the Government requested him to form the National Dairy Development Board to promote such cooperatives all over India. Milk production expanded and India had a surplus for the next 30 years, becoming the largest producer in the world. Amul became a famous brand too. The book tells readers how Dr. Kurien developed the agri business with his keen vision, uplifted poor farmers and empowered women in villages. Read about a revolution in milk production and distribution like no other in the world, in this book.
I Too Had A Dream was published by Rolibooks in 2005. It is available in paperback.
Key Features:
- The book narrates the revolutionary story of Amul in India.
- It teaches readers about an organized way to follow a dream and how to be committed to a caus
Product Details
- Paperback: 249 pages
- Publisher: Lotus; 10th impreesion 2014 edition (31 December 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 8174364072
- ISBN-13: 978-8174364074
- Product Dimensions: 14 x 21.6 cm
About the Author
Born and brought up in Calicut, Kerala to a Syrian Christian family, Verghese Kurien completed his graduation in physics from Loyola College, Madras and then became a mechanical engineer. For his achievement of the billion litre idea, also known as Operation Flood, he was nicknamed the 'Father of the White Revolution'. He is also known as the 'Milkman of India' and he won many awards including the Padma Vibhushan and the World Food Prize. He was the founder chairman of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, under which the Amul brand of dairy products became famous.
Review
This is the autobiography of Verghese Kurien - with emphasis on how he built the Amul Brand. The man comes out as arrogant and autocratic - but we could think of it as avuncular autocracy. More like Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore who wasn't corrupt and built Singapore out of wasteland. Verghese also explains his struggle against two lazy, corrupt, and self-absorbed monolithic institutions of India - the bureaucrats and politicians. I was extremely impressed the way he built self-sufficiency in Milk for India. How he later replicates the success all over India with Operation Flood. How he fought the media who framed and then blamed him for all fictitious charges. And finally how he got his name cleared from all charges. His attempt to replicate the success in Pakistan and Sri Lanka are detailed and the reasons of failure are also mentioned very clearly. Some Indian politicians are shown in very good light (Sardar Patel), some with mixed feelings (Nehru), some very scandalously (Jagjeevan Ram). I found the book very inspiring and if you are looking to start some project that has 'obvious' benefits for the millions, then pause, and read this book. You will come out a whole lot wiser and prepared. All in all, very highly recommended book - a must read! --By Ashok A on June 10, 2011
Great biography containing no malice towards any problem maker. Admits his harsh attitude towards non-co-operative people who were blocking progress needlessly. He gives credit in full to people and organisations whose help had been instrumental in dairy development and uplift of life of Indians, farmers in particular. Help of Newzealand and Australia and in particular the assistance from European countries to make operation flood a success has been mentioned with the appreciation they deserved. He mentions road blocks to progress by bureaucracy but analyses it for as due to the ignorance and other reasons and does not condemn them outright. He does mentions without ill will rare cases where he did not get help that could have been useful. The book certainly serves as a guide to young people interested in management and development work as also those ambitions to work in social uplift. --By Srinivas V. Kudva on February 21, 2015
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