Who Is Revathi Roy? - Who Is Revathi Roy?  (English, Hardcover, Dr. Swati Lodha)

This is the journey of an Indian woman who traversed from a privileged child to a protected partner to a penalised prisoner to a exponential entrepreneur. In other words, a riches to rags to revolution story. This is a story which must be told to every child, every adolescent, every life aspirant, to cultivate self – belief from the word ‘go’. Revathi’s revelry and resilience will inspire each reader to aim for something more than a cookie-cutter life, to let the creativity flow and to fail well. Revathi’s is an action story, packed with decisions – right, not so right and wrong. These deicisons would enable the readers to navigate their lives better. Revathi’s is a riveting story, loaded with fun and love – easy, not so easy and tough. These emotions would enthral the readers to lower their guard and live fluidly. ‘Driving cars’ has been an undying passion for Revathi who was born in 1960. Driving has defined and refined her life, constantly. Hence, the chapters of the book are titled as ‘The Seatbelt’, ‘The Ignition’, ‘The Speedbreaker’ and so on. The book charts the course of Revathi’s life akin to a TSD rally, eighty-five of them she particpated in. Born in an educated and semi-modern household from Southern India, she lost her elder brother when she was five, which changed her status to a ‘single child’ for life. She was an adolescent who had the driving license at eighteen. She rallied in her Ambassador and married her college sweetheart despite of initial reservations from her family. Revathi became a ‘hands on’ mom to three boys managing the personal and the professional, with glorious imbalance. Their household was full of friends and food, music and madness. Children were not pushed to perform in class but to enjoy learning. Her husband’s precarious health broke the rhythm of the family, time and again, as he suffered from diabetes leading to a paralytic stroke, a heart attack, an open-heart surgery and a diabetic coma, lasting more than two years. Financial burden of mounting medical bills choked Revathi as she took some emotional decisions to save the father of her children. Those decisions swerved her life into an Indian prison. The incarcerating three months altered the course of her life forever. Social ostracism and personal humiliation ensued before she rose back from the ashes of her tormented life, slowly. Revathi swallowed her pride, umpteen times to turn social entrepreneur, merging her passions – driving and women self – reliance and pioneered first women taxi service of Asia FORSCHE. From here, began an entrepreneurial roller coaster ride, full of lessons – good, bad, and ugly – meandering through two start ups and two jobs before initiating the logistics revolution through the third venture – HeyDeeDee. It is the first women only, last mile parcel delivery service, operational in eight cities with 1000 women, already trained to drive two wheelers and four wheelers. Revathi has shaped the transportation and logistics business in India by infusing these male dominated sectors with skilled women. Having been recognised by Neeti Aayog (2016) and World Bank (2018), Revathi is globally recognised as ‘a cab lady who has been transforming the lives of thousands of underprivileged urban women in India’. The book will inspire every reader to push the envelope of their lives, higher & deeper. This book will ignite every reader’s imagination to move beyond the boundaries. This book will warn every reader to be little discret in decision making and financial planning. The diva of ‘driving’ is ‘driving change’ today. She is accelerating on the road of life from surviving to thriving with a steady smile.