From the Bookshelves
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Episode 12: An inside view into the Tatas, with Mukund Rajan
Rajan, who is the brother of former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan, worked with the Tata group for 23 years, as brand custodian and Ratan Tata's longest-serving executive assistant early on. In this podcast, he speaks with Pooja Sarkar about his book, 'The Brand Custodian: My Years with the Tatas', in which he offers a close view of the reticent Ratan Tata, along with the ups and downs that the group has been through
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Episode 11: The fun way to read balance sheets
Chartered accountant Anil Lamba, who has written books including 'Romancing the Balance Sheet' and more recently, 'Eye on the Bottom Line', says that people have two misconceptions: that balance sheets are difficult and boring. 'How can money be boring?' he asks. Here's how to learn quick, fundamental rules and how to use them for smart investments
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Episode 10: The Making of Hero, with Sunil Kant Munjal
Sunil Kant Munjal is one of the founder-promoters of the Hero Group, the legacy Indian maker of bicycles and two-wheelers. On this episode, he gives us a backstage look at what went into building this legendary company, and the stories inside and behind his book, 'The Making of Hero: Four Brothers, Two Wheels and a Revolution that Shaped India
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Exclusive: Thomas Piketty discusses his new book, Capital and Ideology, with Forbes India
The superstar French economist dissects the ideas of prosperity, poverty and equality in a candid conversation about his latest book, which takes off from his 2013 bestseller, Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Forbes India and Harper Collins India present the #Reset podcast series, kickstarting with this episode
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The Corona Virus: A new book by Mumbai doctors
Jaslok Hospital's Dr Rajesh M Parikh and medical researcher Maherra Desai, coauthors of the book, explain in this episode why, when the virus dates back to 2007, it hasn't been contained—and what lies ahead for India in the Covid-19 fight
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Podcast: Dissecting the lockdown and migration patterns for India's labourers
IIM Ahmedabad's Chinmay Tumbe joins Pooja Sarkar to talk about his book 'India Moving', and policy lapses that have affected this large segment of daily wage workers
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Podcast: How India can reclaim its lost economic glory - Part 2
In part 2 of a podcast with author and economist Arvind Panagariya, on his new book, India Unlimited: Reclaiming the Lost Glory, we take a look at governance reforms that could help attract foreign investments to India
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Podcast: Kris Gopalakrishnan's advice for startups battling the Covid-19 fallout
The key objective is to survive, says the Infosys and Axilor Ventures cofounder
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Podcast: How India can reclaim its lost economic glory
Forbes India's Pooja Sarkar speaks with author and economist Arvind Panagariya on key reforms needed, and his new book, India Unlimited: Reclaiming the Lost Glory
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Podcast: Richard Davies talks about how economies handle survival, failure and the future
In his book 'Extreme Economies', the author studies traditional concepts in non-traditional formats, such as prisons, disaster-prone regions and refugee camps
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Podcast: Rajat Ubhaykar on hitchhiking 10,000 km across India, on trucks
The IIT engineer-turned-journalist discusses his recent book, Truck De India!, a gritty, unconventional travelogue