The former RBI governor pens down the government's habit of shaping macroeconomic policies through government banks and LIC and what happens to the savers money when the government is busy lending to the "living dead" borrowers through public sector banks. Patel also talks about the dilution of IBC laws and the implications of the same on the banking ecosystem. On this episode, economic journalist and author of The Lost Decade Puja Mehra discusses why this book is important and well-timed
In his tell-all memoir 'Mind without Fear', Gupta, once the poster-boy of India's corporate elite, divulges life before and during imprisonment, arrested for insider trading. On this week's episode, he talks about his regrets, second chances and his battle with what he believes is an 'unfair and biased' justice system
Award-winning journalist and bestselling author Gerald Posner joins us on this week's episode to discuss his book 'Pharma', tracing the heroes and villains of the pharmaceutical industry—stories of greed, corruption, drugs and reckless profiteering—especially relevant in the Covid-19 world
Journalist and author Brian Dumaine decodes 'Bezonomics', which is also the name of his new book, on this week's episode. We trace the rise of Amazon, its new foray into finance, the AI flywheel it has become and the all-important question: What does the future looks like for the ecommerce behemoth?
The chairman of Maruti Suzuki will launch his book 'Getting Competitive' this week, which charts India's economic journey since Independence. As the leader of India's largest automotive company, Bhargava also dissects the future of mobility, and the auto sector, which was grappling with challenges well before Covid-19 hit on this episode
Journalist and author Vivek Kaul discusses bad loans, the NPA muddle and the threat to India's banking system, through a conversation about his new book, 'Bad Money'
53 transfers in 28 years. That's how often IAS officer Ashok Khemka was transferred around; that's an average of 6.5 months versus the norm of two years. On this week's episode, the co-author of the book 'Just Transferred' chronicles the story of Khemka, an unlikely hero, whose tale also speaks of how democracy has been undermined by bureaucracy in India
A tale of inspiring adventure that follows the motorcycle diaries of biker Candida Louis, this week's book pick is 'Candid Tales: India on a Motorcycle'. Louis joins us to regale us with her experiences of the heartwarming and the eccentric, along with the book's author, Adithi Rao
Even before the pandemic, India's economy had slowed, creating fewer jobs than in the previous decade. The human development economist discusses the situation during and after Covid-19 and possible solutions, along his book, 'Reviving Jobs'
On this episode, 'dean of valuation' Aswath Damodaran discusses his book 'Narrative and Numbers', shedding light on valuing companies during the pandemic and what this means for markets like India
With professor Tanweer Fazal, Forbes India's Pooja Sarkar discusses the book 'The Minority Conundrum: Living in Majoritarian Times', a collection of stories he has edited, which covers sensitive subjects such as lynchings, identity politics and how livelihoods are affected in times of prejudice