Young India was newspaper or journal set up by Jamnadas, Dwarkadas, Shankerlal Banker and Indulal Yagnik at Bombay. They also launched an All India Propaganda Fund to publish pamphlets in regional languages and in English.
A compilation of his speeches and essays, it focuses on Indian society, politics the youth. The book revolves around Bhagat's thoughts and innovations on how to improve the Indianeconomy through social reforms.
It also criticizes the dis-function of the Indian government as well as moralities regarding the current condition of India. Bhagat writes about how India can be a progressive society in the future. He talks about the rampant corruption in India and how society should change to rid it. The theme is central to his dream of a free and forward thinking India.
Published in August 2012, the book was universally panned by critics.

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