The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad
By: Twinkle Khanna
Publisher: Juggernaut
Price: Rs 299 Pages 233
Sixty-eight-year-old Noni Appa finds herself drawn to a married man. ‘Why do people have to define relationships, underline each word till the paper gives way beneath,’ she wonders. Funny, observant and wise, this is storytelling at its most irresistible.
Taking Wings and Winning
By: K V Subramaniam
Publisher: Rupa
Price: Rs 500 Pages 230
One day Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Group, asked K V Subramaniam to build a life sciences business from scratch. He set out to systematically understand and create a research-driven, biotechnology-leveraged company with a differentiated and a distinct culture.
A Madrasi Memoir
By: Renuka Narayanan
Publisher: Academic Foundation
Price: Rs 595 Pages 377
The radically westernised Tamil brahmins of 20th century India were a law unto themselves and broke every last taboo of five millennia of orthodoxy, while unable to wholly tear out their Brahminical roots. This unsparing personal glimpse of their contradictory world chronicles the lives of ordinary people through those times.
UAE: A Business Manual
By: Amb. Mahesh Sachdev
Publisher: Eco-Diplomacy & Strategies
Price: Rs 1,500 Pages 446
The book not only identifies the job, trade and investment opportunities the UAE offers but also ways to leverage them. It also provides insight into the UAE’s business ambience. Written in a lucid manner, the book also examines the existing mythology on the UAE and is not afraid to challenge the conventional wisdom, with facts and logic.