Legal Eagles
Indu Bhan
Random House
Pp 231
Rs 399
Legal Eagles is the story of India’s top seven litigation lawyers who fought some of the most important corporate battles in Indian courts. These stories chart their journey from their childhood days, marking important events in their lives, showing their path to success is paved with determination, grit and challenges. The book also contains in-depth accounts of the single-biggest cases handled by each of these lawyers. These include the Vodafone Tax case, Coalgate (the coal block scam), Reliance PMT Gas case, Sahara scam and the 2G spectrum controversy.
The Success Sutra
Devdutt Pattanaik
Aleph
Pp 151
Rs 399
The Success Sutra is packed with unique and profound insights into how individuals can create wealth and achieve success in life by following Indian principles of strategic thinking and decision-making. This book is filled with lessons and insights into management, business and the creation of wealth and success. The Indian approach to prosperity and fulfillment warns against the relentless pursuit of the goddess, writes Pattanaik, as it will result in conflict. Rather, we have to give in order to get. We have to satisfy the hunger of others in order to satisfy our own, he says.
A Short History of the World
Christopher Lascelles
Bloomsbury
Pp 262
Rs 299
How long have humans been around? When was the Bronze Age? Where did the first civilisations develop? What were the Spice Islands? Who was Kublai Khan? This book answers these questions and many more in a rapid journey through history from the Big Bang to the 21st century. To help readers put events, places and empires into context, the book includes 36 specially commissioned maps to accompany the text. The result is a history that is reassuringly epic in scope.
