The Story Of A
Middle Class Boy

Whose Impatience
Led To His Success

Readers’ Review

• This is probably the first time I read a memoir of an India Entrepreneur. This is the story of a Bengali middle-class boy who never settled for the ordinary. He fell, stood up and again dared to dream beyond the comfort zone. While reading I was having nail-biting moment thinking what if. Innovating all the ways pushing his boundaries constantly, he created a story. I could relate to the deep ethics, values and philosophies that a Bengali father crossing the border, post partition offered to him. This kept him rooted while he flew high. If you can do give it a read.

  - MADHUMITA

• The blurb says “Story of a middle-class Bengali boy whose impatience became the reason for his success”. Wouldn’t know about the impatience part but in a manner of speaking the book reinforced my belief in the huge role the middle class plays in shaping and providing direction to a nation’s success. Its so because the middle class sets more store by education than by anything else. Would Bikram Dasgupt have been what he is now without IIT or similar institutional background? He thought big because his peer group and education empowered and triggered him to dream and think big. A fascinating read.

  - ROHIT SRIVASTAVA

• “I did it....” is a well written book and provides an in-depth understanding of formative years of Indian IT industry. Risk taking ability, gut feeling about what future holds and charting new paths - all of these are repeatedly demonstrated in the book. I particularly appreciate the situation where Bikram undertakes team meetings in interesting settings - Bombay sea beach, hotel room etc. - as there was no office space as yet! A person must have tremendous conviction about future, which others are unable to visualise, to set aside a cosy job at HCL and pursue a new venture called PCL. Description of how the deal with Dell was clinched is very fascinating. The book contains many interesting photos - after all, how often one comes across images of IT legends enjoying picnic-like setting.

  - N NEOGI

• Amazing and immensely fulfilling. Despite me hailing from a different fraternity to IT, BDG’s saga defies all confines. An intense and powerful tryst with life, done in beautiful English. No unnecessary frills or jargons, that keep you bored. A highly recommended read, whoever and whatever be the expertise, especially to those who defy all odds and move on, trusting to faith, for a cause higher than thyself, indeed, like a personified Jonathan Livingstone Seagull. This book certainly struck a chord, has really moved me, re-emphasizing the power of a higher purpose in life and tremendous self-belief amidst crises, kindling in me an intense urge to meet such a humane, enterprising being, in person. Cathartic, inspiring and lifting..!!!

  - SUMITAVA SAMANTA

• Bikram has very thoughtfully demonstrated that there is no prescribed way to success. His own story should inspire aspiring individuals to take a dive over board to the pool of opportunities and not be afraid of taking chances. His success initially was in hard core IT but he seamlessly moved on to education space and now looking at the new areas of AI, Big Data and Machine learning. I would recommend this book to any individual with a passion to succeed in any of his chosen field of interest and craft one's way to success. The book is very well written and and his personal life experiences and how he overcame adversities made the book very readable.

  - K VIJAYRAGHAVAN

• I rarely read autobiographies. But "I did it my way" by Bikram Dasgupta attracted me as it is about a thought leadership & revolutionary in the field of system & technologies. Being an IT professional with management degree I like to read such stories. Bikram had got the chance to study at one of the best possible educational institutions in India. Being a grad of IIT Kharagpur he met with equal minds & developed himself. He joined Indian Oxygen as his first job, he learned many things there. He lived Vizag for a short span & met a young manager who has inspired Bikram a lot. Bikram's sales traits built on the job. Soon he joined HCL technologies, where he worked directly with the founder. His journey continues when he shifted to PCL and reached a new high for himself & company. Finally, he started his own venture. With his sons, he is now leading his company. He has also established an NGO & adopted an old age home. Throughout his career, his interest towards drama was always alive, he has actively participated in events. I didn't feel like reading a biography, it was more like reading protagonist Bikram's life journey. I really liked the book. Talking about ratings.

  - VISHNU CHEVLI

• The title of the book caught my attention and this book is a very interesting read. The language is very simple and the author used good choice of words in the book. I personally loved the part where he used his business tactics to expand the business and also become the number one PC manufacturer in the market. Shiv Nadar’s valuable lessons to Bikram impressed and inspired me a lot. He faced a major setback in terms of his entrepreneurship however came up big despite fiasco. The only thing what I disliked in this book was that it was little dragging and rest all things were absolutely fine. This book is recommended to people who want to become a entrepreneur and make it big in their journey. Not to forget an apt book for the book lovers who love memoirs.

  - ANAMITRA

• An interesting read. As an avid technologist it is perhaps for the first time that I have come across a well written account of the early days of the hardware dominated IT industry in India.

  - SHARON GOMES

• I am a random reader. Accidentally I came across this video on Facebook promoting a book by Bikram Dasgupta. Found the promo interesting and got hold of the book. It’s quite a page-turner for a memoir.

  - PRASANTA SARKAR