The story of this book relates to the life of the protagonist, Prabuddha, which, like many others, has been a bouquet of agony and ecstasy. Born into a family of landed gentry in colonial India, his ambition was to become an academic. However unbelievable it may appear, the story narrates his struggles and the events that ultimately threw him onto the glamorous stage of the corporate world. His success generated bitter rivalry that subjected him to humiliation and despair. This compelled h...

Three decades of being a banker afforded Samit Ghosh a ringside view of the biggest vulnerability of India’s financial sector—its failure to ensure true financial inclusion. This became the impetus for Ghosh’s second innings as the creator of Ujjivan, a pioneering venture to bring financial services to the urban poor. Since 2005, when it opened its doors for business, Ujjivan has seen rapid growth. Starting off as a microfinance organization that gave small, unsecured loans to poor busines...

After her epic journey from Ireland to India by bicycle in 1963, Dervla Murphy immersed herself in the life of the sub-continent, working for six months in an orphanage for Tibetan children in Northern India. She fell in love with the 'Tiblets' - the cheerful, uncomplaining, independent and affectionate children of the new Tibet-in-exile - but she also managed to explore India's Tibetan frontier, leaving the reader panting in her wake. Alongside her enchantment, Dervla became a perceptive ...

This book carries anecdotes encapsulating India's second Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri's childhood, growing up years and political life. Each anecdote is poignantly narrated by his son Anil Shastri. And, brilliantly interpreted by Pavan Choudary. The reader will take home unique and valuable insights. It is Lal Bahadur Shastri like never before.  

What can you expect when Khushwant Singh irrepressible as ever, cuttingly candid and provocatively truthful decides to write about some of the women and men in his life? An unputdownable volume, which spans his life and his long, chequered career, in which he reminisces about the people he has met, befriended and fallen out with. The list includes film makers, politicians, industrialists, lawyers, civil servants, writers as well as other relatively unknown personalities

"This series brings to you the inspiring life stories of people whose lives, work, thoughts and achievements have left indelible marks on the pages of world history.Projecting courage, determination, patriotism, and love for mankind, these people are great role models for children.Simply yet vividly told, these books will keep children engrossed and help in moulding them into men and women of substance.Table Of Contains...01. A Troubled Childhood02. Scorned as an Outcast03. A Brilliant Studen...

In Deora, a remote village near Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, Shiva Balak walked 24 kilometres to and back from his school each day, only to be left wondering why there were no schools in his own village. A brilliant student, he struggled through extreme hardships, and achieved laurels by winning a scholarship to fund his post-graduate degree in geology in Canada.'This book chronicles the journey of an extraordinary Indian who has the courage to be ordinary. I went to his village and ca...

"This series brings to you the inspiring life stories of people whose lives, work, thoughts and achievements have left indelible marks on the pages of world history.Projecting courage, determination, patriotism, and love for mankind, these people are great role models for children.Simply yet vividly told, these books will keep children engrossed and help in moulding them into men and women of substance.Table Of Contains...01. A Troubled Childhood02. Scorned as an Outcast03. A Brilliant Studen...

In a combination memoir and biography, a brother tells of his own life and that of his sister, Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi: freedom fighter, spiritual leader and founder of Sahaja Yoga.

Rajesh Patil was born to poor farm workers in the backward Khandesh region of Maharashtra. He worked as a child labourer picking cotton, selling bread, and doing small jobs. But what set him apart was that, unlike most of his peers, he was driven by an intense desire to improve his lot through education. Against great odds, he moved to Nashik for a B.Sc. and then to Pune for an M.Sc. in statistics - all this with the help of freeships, scholarships and the support of his teachers, friends ...

In this exchange of letters dating from an extremely turbulent period of their lives, Nayantara Sahgal and E.N. Mangat Rai, two very public figures who had remained at the same time intensely private, broke their self-imposed silence for the first time.When Relationship was first published in 1994, it was received with varying degrees of shock and appreciation. This newly revised edition includes all of the correspondence carried in the previous one, with a short but significant addition: ...

The Golden Touch lays out the extraordinary story of Kalyan Jewellers and the life of its founder, T.S. Kalyanaraman. It is the very personal account of a visionary with humble beginnings from Thrissur who set up one of the largest jewellery stores in the country—a Rs 17,000 crore behemoth employing over 8000 people. This captivating autobiography offers an intimate glimpse into the transformative moments that shaped the life of a remarkable individual who dared to dream big and t...