From the Bookshelves
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Ep. 17. Bhavdeep Kang: The untold story of Ashok Khemka
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
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Ep. 16. Adithi Rao, Candida Louis: What it's like for a woman to ride through 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
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Ep 15. Santosh Mehrotra: Can India fix its jobs crisis?
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'
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Episode 14: What are the chances your company will survive Covid-19?
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
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Episode 13: The increasing perils of being a minority in 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
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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