A review by jainandsdiary
Born to dream: The journey of Arvind AI by Harshvardhan Rao

3.0

Book: Born To Dream
Author: Harshvardhan Rao
Genre: Motivational Fiction
Pages: 181
Rating: 3/5

Born To Dream by author Harshvardhan Rao is a motivational fiction story of a boy named Arvind Ingle aka Aru. He is doing a master's in psychology and has come to Mussoorie to work as a canteen boy. Although he came from a small place, he aims high. There in Mussoorie, his path gets crossed with Brajesh Thakur, a successful businessman who is looking for his father's murderer; Ranjeet Singhania, owner of the Singhania industry a big name in the carpet business; Shukla, who works for Ranjit and, Pandit, a friend of Brajesh. His life takes twists and turns when their parts get crossed. To get to know more about it do give it a read.

I liked how the character of Arvind developed from starting of the book to the end and how he adopted himself as per his surroundings and still hasn't lost his identity and personality. The connection and the relationship between the characters in the book are shown gracefully and this is the thing that came out and touch me in this book. Also, the story gives a good reality check of how some public figures can be completely different and preachy in front of others while they are not following the same in the real life.

But as there was no timeline given in the story like when the story was set, it was difficult to interpret what is going on in the surrounding in the story as well as the characters' actions accordingly. Also, the character development could have been a little better. And as the main protagonist of the story is doing a master's in psychology, it was difficult for me to understand and make sense of his mindset and actions as it seems that he is not in master's but a bachelor's degree.

But the author has perfectly blended a pinch of mythology in the book which came out as a savior for me and make it a good, short one-time read for me.