Posts Tagged ‘muhammed yunus’


Books are of two types Fiction and Non fiction. It is always interesting to read a book which is something like an autobiography of an individual who transformed the way the world thought of eradicating poverty and have economic inclusion. Young generation today need the social perspective of whatever they do in their personal life and Professional life.

In my previuos article i discussed about the way microfinance has been used to eradicate poverty in a successful way and the grand and marvelous success of Grameen Bank promoted by a Professor named Muhammed Yunus of Bangladesh. He showed to the world that nothing is impossible, but the thing is, people must have the intention and will to work for the social cause.He had that will, that’s why a community development program in a college near Jobra village of Bangladesh has become a pioneer for the Financial inclusion worldwide.

Banker to the poor : Micro-lending and the battle against world poverty is nothing but an autobiography of Mohammed yunus and his Grameen bank. This book was written by Muhammed yunus with Alan Jolis. They have segregated the book into 7 parts that clearly gives a detailed picture from Yunus early ages of life to the present growth of grameen bank.

It all starts with bloody fight of separatism among the east Pakistan and west Pakistan. Separatist wants to create a nation for them which is nothing but people who speak Bengali as their language. While reading that i remember the bloody fight to create Pakistan from India. Pakistan created out of Religious separatism, whereas Bangladesh created out of Language problems. (more…)