Harvesting stories of people who have successfully committed themselves to social change is what author Rashmi Bansal is passionate about. Now, with her third book Bansal seeks to spread the work of idealists "who have found new ways to solve old problems".

"I want to spread the inspiring real stories of entrepreneurs who have made a difference in the lives of people around them", says Bansal whose first and second books featured entrepreneurs with and without MBA degrees respectively.

In her book "I Have a Dream" published by Westland, Bansal portrays the stories of 20 "social entrepreneurs" who have used the principles of business to create a better world.

Divided into three sections -"Rainmakers" "Changemakers" and "Spiritual Capitalists", the book records stories of people like Bindeshwar Pathak, who started the Sulabh Movement for sanitation and hygiene in the country.

The tome also features "Parivartan", started by rights activist Arvind Kejriwal who activated the Right to Information movement at the grassroots level.

"The people featured here are unique because they may not have tasted success in the conventional sense but have created a difference in the lives of people around them", she says.

While "Mirakle Couriers" is about empowering the hearing impaired, "Goonj" is the story about aiding disaster hit people with clothes. "Akshaya Patra" is an emotional story of serving meals to the homeless.

Bansal's stories are a step in a similar direction followed in her first book venture "Stay Hungry Stay Foolish" which she says happened by pure chance she was approached by her alma mater IIM-A to do a project on MBA entrepreneurs.

It was followed by "Connect the Dots" on entrepreneurs without an MBA.

"There's a wave of entrepreneurship in India today and people need new role models from within the country. Come to think of it today India stories are becoming important discussion topics at places like the Harvard," she says.

The author who was a journalist once and had run her own youth magazine says "Youngsters today are always looking for role models and I hope they can find them in the individuals and stories I have featured in my books".

"I searched out these people partly based on what I read about them elsewhere, sometimes on the basis of recommendations of friends and partly led by gut feelings", says the Mumbai-based author who doubles up as a motivational speaker for youth.

"Often I had to coax the people featured here for interviews as they thought the credit should go to those working in their organisations rather than highlighting themselves", adds Bansal.

Writing about business and entrepreneurship, the author says, is what she loves the most. "I read a lot, on varied subjects and will always be a writer. Yes, the format may change. Who knows I might even write fiction".