TY - BOOK AU - Mehra, Mrinalini Parwardhan TI - The republic of my dreams: the Seva Mandir story 1968 - 2018 SN - 9789353570293 U1 - 305.4820954 PY - 2019/// CY - Noida PB - HarperCollins Publishers India KW - Women's rights KW - Women's empowerment KW - Social status - Women N2 - The story of Seva Mandir started in the erstwhile royal state of Mewar, Rajasthan. A promising aristocrat, Dr Mohan Singh Mehta, had to deal with the tragic death of his young wife at the age of thirty. Unable to move on, he met a farmer who told him, ‘You are a man who can help us, poor people.’ Thus the seeds of this inspiring NGO were sown. This book is a commemoration of fifty years of Seva Mandir, a brave experiment to create a sense of ethical action within every individual in order to create a healthy society. In this, some of the people whose lives the organization has touched – villagers, volunteers, donors and administrators – tell us their story and how their lives have changed because of it. The Republic of My Dreams is a tribute to the triumph of the human spirit. https://harpercollins.co.in/book/the-republic-of-my-dreams ER -