📖 Iss Kitab Ke Baare Mein
Rich Dad Poor Dad (1997) Robert Kiyosaki + Sharon Lechter ki landmark personal-finance kitaab hai jisne globally 32 million+ copies bechi aur India mein 15+ saal se Amazon ki financial-literacy category #1 par hai. Manjul Publishing ne Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam aur Punjabi mein release ki — IT engineers se le ke shopkeepers tak, har class iska reader hai.
Kiyosaki do alag-alag mentors ki story sunate hain: apne padhe-likhe but financially struggle karte sage 'Poor Dad' (PhD with pension, kabhi rich nahi bane) aur unke dost ke high-school-dropout 'Rich Dad' (Hawaii businessman jisne empire khada kiya). Core lesson 6 chapters mein: (1) Rich don't work for money, (2) financial literacy padhao schools mein, (3) mind your own business — apne assets banao, (4) tax + corporations ka power samjho, (5) rich invent money, (6) work to LEARN, not to earn.
Indian context mein iska impact bahut bada hai — kyunki yahaan 'achhi padhai → achhi job → ghar loan → retirement' formula bachpan se ratata hua hai. Kiyosaki ne pehli baar Hindi/regional reader ko bola: 'Ghar tumhari asset nahi liability hai agar usse cash nahi aata.' Yeh single line ne SIP boom, real-estate ka second-look, aur Indian YouTubers (Pranjal Kamra, CA Rachana, Labour Law Advisor) ki poori industry ko inspire kiya. Note: Kiyosaki ki kuch advice India mein kaam nahi karti (US tax structure, real-estate leverage limits, accredited investor rules) — isiliye Indian readers ke liye yeh kitaab 'mindset opener' hai, exact playbook nahi.
Year
1997
Global Sales
32 million+ copies (40 million as of 20th anniversary edition)
In India
#1 financial-literacy book in India for 15+ years on Amazon.in

