From Barefoot to Balance Sheet: A memoir of A CA who travelled miles to measure his dreams

BC Goyal's memoir is a raw, triumphant ode to resilience. Born into a farming family stripped of its patriarch, he was destined for the fields until a single question-"Why isn't this boy in school?"-defied generations of tradition. With blistered feet and a slate in hand, he embarked on a daily six-kilometer journey to a classroom with mud walls and shared ink, where monsoons seeped through roofs and lessons were etched onto cracked slates.

From deciphering crop patterns to mastering balance sheets, Goyal's journey-powered by familial sacrifice and a village's collective grit-culminates in an unlikely rise to Chartered Accountancy. But this is more than a rags-to-riches tale. It's a testament to the teachers who taught under monsoons, the cousin who walked through storms, and the unyielding power of education to shatter ceilings.

Perfect for readers of Educated and The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, this memoir bridges India's rural heartland and urban ambition. It's a stirring reminder that greatness often grows from the humblest soil-and that every balance sheet owes its numbers to the people who believed first.