‘At the core of this book lies gratitude and it showcases harmonious teamwork, caring mentors and the excellent setting provided by a great organization Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T).’ John B MonteiroThe above quote captures the essence of the memoir, which is a collection of anecdotes recounted by the grateful employees and ex-employees of the great company ¬ L & TWritten by over thirty-five people, the book carries one central theme nostalgia.With incidents that will touch your heart and...

What’s the journey of life without a dash of humour?Seen through the prism of a good laugh, life becomes a ‘jolly good show’ to be enjoyed and experienced, the good and the bad notwithstanding.H R Shenoy and his two co-authors cull out real life instances and experiences, and share them with just that a dash of humour.Transformed by this perspective, everyday instances become colourful and enjoyable, with a life’s lesson thrown in somewhere if you could care to find it.Travel with the author...

Embark on a journey with Dr. V.A. Sastry, the man who grew up in a little village in Andhra Pradesh, failed his pre professional exam, went on to study in the best of institutions in India, worked on the forefront of India’s nascent computer era, all the while believing he was simply in the right place at the right time.At 75, this globetrotting grandpa, who has consulted for over 500 companies hopes to pass on his legacy of life, work ethics, and values to his grandchildren, and t...

"My request to readers is not to pick this book up as a novel, rather take it as a guide for winning and succeeding in life. Its USP is 10 steps, given in chapters full of stories and examples from all walks of life making the topics more practical and understandable. This book is for whom? This is for anyone and everyone looking to win in corporate or personal life. However, this book will be very useful for management students trying to make their careers in the corporate world and managers...

Are grades everything? Is it fair to predict a youngster's future plainly based on some numbers? There's more to life than textbooks, and My Unskooled Year chronicles just that.The book presents a refreshing perspective of reality from the eyes of Sagarikka Sivakumar, an average student, who took a year off after her tenth standard to tread the path less taken. Follow this 15-year-old, as she invests in Stocks, goes door to door to sell products, interns with organizations in the hospitality...

There is more to love than just loving . . . It is also a promise Lavanya Gogoi is from the scenic hills of Shillong while Rajveer Saini belongs to the shahi city of Patiala. Worlds apart from one another, the two land up next to each other on a flight from Mumbai to Chandigarh. It's love at first flight, at least for one of them. For the other . . . well, it's going to take more than a plane ride! And when love does finally happen, there are more obstacles to overcome. Rajveer has to stan...

Some teachers go beyond their job descriptions. I remember when I first entered my school called Saraswathi Vidyalaya at Nagpur the first teacher was Mrs. Saraswathi Kuppuswami, who met my father for few seconds and took charge of me, maybe my life, held my hand and took me into her class. I looked back with teary eyes and as my father turned his back, may be he was uneasy in seeing me crying, I looked at my teacher’s eyes. Her eyes had that assurance I needed her eyes had the love and the...

The Sun Shines Finally – A true Rags to Riches Story - (Short Story) One day, my father became so ill that he could do nothing more than lie in his bed, moaning in pain. We had no money for a doctor, but a lady from the village came one day to put herbs on his forehead. It didn’t ease his pain at all.       Family life, abuse romance, domestic abuse, abuse romance, abuse relationship, family life fiction, abuse,

If you have ever dared to dream big, this book will change your life.Through the true stories of two people – Abhishek and Abhinav Sinha, founders of the IT organization, Eko – who braved the rough road, Start-up Sutra presents entrepreneurship in its essence – not a checklist to be crossed, but a passion to be lived.Bringing to life the daily dramas, the struggles in the trenches, the battles with inner demons and impossible external odds that need to be o...

OSHO, his wacky meditations, deep spiritual conversations, the rebellious spirit, and dancing to the rhythm of life.You've seen "Wild, Wild, Country". Now see what's happening in the ashram today.QUICK READ SERIES, BY WTSRebellious Spirits from all over the world attend the 'Work as Meditation' programme at the OSHO ashram in India. They go there to cultivate the meditative skills that help to understand why they are not the people they intend to be, but the heavy-ha...

Unlike any other story, it begins with an end. The protagonist of the story has met with a severe accident and is dying under the sun, on a street of Delhi.Few people are trying to rush him to a nearby hospital but he is slowly losing his grip on his breaths. In the last hours of his life someone asks him a question and with that question he enters into a series of flashbacks from his past life.He remembers his first day at his school, his father's death, his best friends, ...

THE STORY OF A HEALER AND THE WORLD'S LARGEST CHAIN OF HOMEOPATHY CLINICSIf you think of homeopathy in India, one name springs to mind-Dr Batra's(R). From humble beginnings with a clinic in Chowpatty, Bombay in 1982, Dr Mukesh Batra put homeopathy on the world map by starting over 200 clinics in seven countries and in 150 cities of India in the next four decades.The Nation's Homeopath is an unusual tale of entrepreneurship, risk appetite, resilience and self-belief. In the ...