The Dream By Karan Pandher Contents Summary Young

The Dream By: Karan Pandher

Contents • • • Summary Young childhood Family School Religion

Summary • The book The Dream is a autobiography of a Indian American Entrepreneur. • Gurbaksh Chahal was born on July 17, 1982 in Taran, India. • Gurbaksh Chahal is a sibling of 4 children. • He was born in a traditional Sikh family. • His parents are Avtar Singh and Arjinder Chahal.

Young Childhood • Gurbaksh Chahal was born in India but immigrated to India in 1985. • He was bullied a lot because of the turban he wore • In his younger years before school he would stay at home with his grandmother.

Family • In 1985, his parents received a visa for America through the Diversity Visa (DV) program, also known as the Green Card Lottery. • His family settled in San Jose, California. • He had 4 siblings: Kamal Chahal, Nirmal Chahal, and Taj Chahal. His Grandmother was Surjit Kaur.

School • Gurbaksh was bullied at school a lot and never made to many friends. • He was always told to get good grades. • He dropped out of high school at the age 16 to follow his dream.

Religion • Gurbaksh’s religion was Sikhism. • His family was very religious and went Gurdwara(church) every Sunday. • Gurbaksh was teased and bullied about his religious turban. At a young age once, he was forced with a knife to take his turban off.

Web Sources • • http: //www. sanfranciscosentinel. com/? p=16218 http: //www. huffingtonpost. com/2012/03/29/gurbaksh-chahalradiumone_n_1376013. html#s 823580&title=From_Bullied_Kid http: //www. sfgate. com/style/article/Advice-from-young-millionaire-Gurbaksh. Chahal-3264414. php Chahal, Gurbaksh. The Dream: How I Learned the Risks and Rewards of Entrepreneurship. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.