The Portfolio Book of Great Indian Business Stories: Riveting Tales of Business Leaders and Their Times : -
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How did Dhirubhai Ambani build a polyester plant in record time?
What made JRD Tata launch India's first airline?
How did Vijay Mallya wrest control of Shaw Wallace from Manu Chhabria?
Why did Bhai Mohan Singh fall out with his favourite son and lose control of Ranbaxy?
The Portfolio Book of Great Indian Business Stories contains excerpts from a selection of the finest business books published by Penguin Portfolio. This anthology features snippets from the lives of some of the most eminent business leaders India has seen M.S. Oberoi, Ratan Tata, Aditya Birla and Rahul Bajaj, among others. There are tales of outstanding successes, crushing failures, extraordinary challenges and relentless determination, some of which chronicle the times when these legends were just simple businessmen trying to make a mark. The grit and ruthless persistence of these men defined who they were and the legacies they left behind.
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- : The Portfolio Book of Great Indian Business Stories: Riveting Tales of Business Leaders And their Times
- : Portfolio Penguin
- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : 0143425242
- : 9780143425243
- : Paperback
- : 320
- : English
It Happens for a Reason : - Preeti Shenoy is an artist cum author based in Bangalore, India. Consistently been nominated for the Forbes List of 100 Most Influential Celebrities in India since 2013, Shenoy’s other interests vary from yoga and sociology to photography. Shenoy’s first book, 34 Bubblegums and Candies was a creative non-fiction published by Srishti Publishers that went on to become a national bestseller. Apart from this, she has also written for the Reader’s Digest magazine and the Times of India media group and has been teaching English and Mathematics to the underprivileged children.
Plot Summery : - When a strong, self- dependent and bold lady, Vipasha, known to her friends as Vee, makes a choice that changes everything, she is left to wonder if life really holds any reason at all. The story starts with Vee lying in a hospital after making the biggest decision in her short 18-year-old life.
Vee, loving and carefree, is overridden by lust at the ripe age of 18; she lands up pregnant and has to make the final call on whether to keep the child or not. She chooses to become a single mother, which leaves her modeling career and personal life in mayhem.
After being deserted by her family and Ankush, the man she t thought she loved, she finds comfort and love in her son, Aryan.
The story fast-forwards to sixteen years later and we see a new Vee. Working between two jobs to keep bread on the table, her relationship with her son is emotionally stirring and elating to read. While Aryan hopes his mother finds her Prince Charming, Vee nurtures her secret crush on the quirky vet, Saurabh.
This small world where Vee survives is ripped into shreds when two major twists hit her life. An accident at her dig-boarding facility and the return of Ankush into her life bring chaos flowing in all ways. As Vee, Aryan and Ankush get into a roller-coaster heading straight to nowhere, the reader enjoys their bumpy ride.
- The One you cannot Have : - The story has relatable characters, namely Aman, Anjali and Shruti.
- The storyline is interesting, which is why the readers find themselves gripped till the very end of the book.
Plot Summary : - How long does it really take for a broken heart to heal completely? Is there always that special someone you love, but can't ever have? The One You Cannot Have is a story that tries to answer these difficult questions that affect each one of us, at some point of time in life. Anjali knows that the only person she can ever want is Aman, while he knows that the only one for him is Shruti.
Aman and Shruti had once been so deeply in love that they thought it would last forever. But that's when things changed drastically. Shruti leaves Aman and decides to get married to Rishabh, leaving Aman devastated.
Aman then decides to leave the country in an attempt to start life anew and forget all about his love, Shruti. He then returns and is confronted with the major decision concerning starting a new life with Anjali. Will he be able to ever move on from his true love, Shruti? Will life with Anjali be a happy one?
Published on 17th November 2013, The One You Cannot Have is available in paperback. It tells a story that will be relatable for many: that of unrequited love and moving on when things turn ugly.
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