Asian Paints is India’s largest paints company and its early history is hardly known; even less is known about how Champaklal Choksey and his friends made Asian Paints the largest paints company in India as far back as 1967. There are many lessons that are relevant even today – from investing in high quality talent to separating management and ownership. Most importantly, there are very few books that show how honest businessmen can – and should – build large-scale institutions that endure beyond their lifetime, just as Champaklal Choksey has done. This book tells the story of an iconic institution and its less-known but visionary founder.
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Lessons in Chemistry (Special HB edition with Sprayed Edges)
* The multi-million-copy bestseller *
* THE NEW YORK TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER *
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Your ability to change everything – including yourself – starts here
Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel–prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with—of all things—her mind. True chemistry results.
But like science, life is unpredictable. Which is why a few years later Elizabeth Zott finds herself not only a single mother, but the reluctant star of America’s most beloved cooking show Supper at Six. Elizabeth’s unusual approach to cooking (“combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride”) proves revolutionary. But as her following grows, not everyone is happy. Because as it turns out, Elizabeth Zott isn’t just teaching women to cook. She’s daring them to change the status quo.
Laugh-out-loud funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist.
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A Book of the Year for:
Guardian, Times, Sunday Times, New York Times, Good Housekeeping, Woman and Home, Stylist, TLS Oprah Daily, Newsweek, Mail on Sunday, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, India Knight, Hay Festival, Waterstones, Amazon, Books are My Bag and many more
Winner of the Goodreads Choice Best Debut Novel Award
Author of the Year at the British Book Awards
As read on BBC Radio Four
A BBC TV ‘Between the Covers’ pick
Hay Festival Book of the Year
Winner of the Books are My Bag Reader’s Choice Award
Winner of the Books are My Bag Breakthrough Author Award
Shortlisted for the HWA Crown Award
Being Hindu, Being Indian
In popular imagination, Lala Lajpat Rai is frequently associated with Bhagat Singh, who, by assassinating J.P. Saunders, avenged Rai’s death, caused by a police lathi charge, and was hanged for it. Lajpat Rai is also remembered for his fervent opposition to British rule.
In recent decades, however, historians have converged with the Hindu Right in rediscovering Lajpat Rai as an ideological ancestor of Hindutva. But what then explains Rai’s wholehearted approval of Congress–Muslim League cooperation, and attempt to endow Hindus and Muslims with bonds of common belonging? Why did he reinterpret India’s medieval history to highlight peaceful coexistence between Hindus and Muslims? Have our hasty conclusions about Lajpat Rai’s nationalist thought concealed its complexities and distorted our understanding of nationalism in general?
Meticulously researched and eloquently written, Being Hindu, Being Indian offers the first comprehensive examination of Lajpat Rai’s nationalist thought. By revealing the complexities of Rai’s thinking, it provokes us to think more deeply about broader questions relevant to present-day politics: Are all expressions of ‘Hindu nationalism’ the same as Hindutva? What are the similarities and differences between ‘Hindu’ and ‘Indian’ nationalism? Can communalism and secularism be expressed together? How should we understand fluidity in politics? This book invites readers to treat Lajpat Rai’s ideas as a gateway to think more deeply about history, politics, religious identity and nationhood.
Make Epic Money (Hindi)/Make Epic Money/मेक एपिक मनी
अपनी अभूतपूर्व किताब डू एपिक शिट में अंकुर वारिकू ने यह धमाकेदार सचाई लिखी थी : ‘समय, पैसा और हम ख़ुद–इन तीन चीज़ों के साथ हमारा रिश्ता जैसा होता है, हमारी ज़िंदगी भी वैसी ही होती हैअब, अपनी तीसरी किताब मेक एपिक मनी में उन्होंने पैसे को अपना विषय बनाया है।
लगभग पूरी ज़िंदगी पैसों के साथ वारिकू का रिश्ता बेहद गड़बड़ रहा। ऐसा इसलिए कि उन्हें कभी पैसों के बारे में कुछ सिखाया ही नहीं गया। उन्हें सिर्फ़ एक ही बात सिखाई गई थी कि अपनी आजीविका कैसे कमाई जासो, उन्होंने अपने ‘नौजवान मैं’—और वैसे अन्य नौजवानों—के लिए एक किताब लिखनी शुरू की, जिसमें उन्होंने हर वह चीज़ शेयर की है, जो वह चाहते थे कि काश, उनकी युवावस्था में उन्हें सिखाई जाती!व्यावहारिक।
कोई तकनीकी शब्दजाल नहीं।
पढ़ने में आसान।जितना काम आप पैसों के लिए करते हैं, जानिए कि आपका पैसा आपके लिए उतना काम कैसे कर सकता है।
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Personal finance made easy for you!
Personal finance is a subject that touches every aspect of our lives, yet it is one that many of us struggle to understand and manage effectively. It is a complex and ever-evolving field that requires constant attention and adaptation. The principles of personal finance are not just about managing money but about creating a better future for yourself and your loved ones. Exploring 100 personal finance principles that will help you make the most of your money, this book brings to light the key principles of personal finance using, what the authors call, the ACTION framework: Assess, Create a plan, Track progress, Invest, Optimize and Navigate.
Talent
How do some Companies Multiply their Market Cap several times over?
Learning to build a high performing talent engine – today’s strategic imperative!
In this book, General Atlantic’s Operating Partner Anish Batlaw and veteran business advisor and New York Times bestselling author Ram Charan, show you how to build and incentivize management teams that can multiply enterprise value several times over in 4-5 years.
No matter how high your company’s growth goal is, you’ll get from here to there by learning from this book’s riveting narrative of the high-stakes personnel decisions and bold actions taken by CEOs, investors, and boards who grew six real—and world-class—companies, ranging from ecommerce startups to major corporations like Johnson & Johnson. Told from both authors’ firsthand vantage point inside each company, and from Batlaw’s active role in shaping their outcomes, TALENT offers a rare inside look at how shareholder value is created when CEOs move with speed and accuracy to get the right leadership teams in place.
How can you be sure that your company can grow its value as much as these six companies did? By learning from the versatile and replicable methodology presented in this book, which has worked effectively across geographies, cultures, and sectors. TALENT is the answer. Now is the time.
Focus on What Matters
Why is it so hard to live well amidst the chaos and noise? While you might think this is a problem of the modern world, it’s a timeless issue.
2000 years ago, the ancient Stoics talked about the exact same challenges we’re facing today, like:
- How can we find inner peace?
- What does it take to be happy?
- Can we become more resilient?
The answers can be found in the philosophy of Stoicism. I’ve used the philosophy since 2014 to change my life and career.
Focus on What Matters is a collection of 70 letters/essays I wrote about different aspects of life, from happiness, wealth, health to relationships and much more.
These letters, inspired by the original works of the Stoic philosopher Seneca, serve as reminders to focus on the right things in our chaotic lives.
The goal of the original “Letters From A Stoic” by Seneca was to share Stoic ideas with his friend, Lucilius, who had hedonistic tendencies and lived a busy life.
Focus on What Matters is inspired by those letters. It will show you..
- Simple thought exercises to become resilient and focused
- How to live in the present moment every day
- Authentic Stoic values for a life of happiness
- A way to build more discipline
In short, this book helps you to live well despite the challenges of daily life.
The Road To Better Habits
The most difficult aspect of growing as person is changing your habits. The human mind finds a certain comfort in repeated actions and following a known path, which also applies to the habits that might be a hindrance to your success and peace.
In this updated and expanded version of The Road To Better Habits, you’ll learn how to transform your habits in a SIMPLE way. Ultimately, where you are in your life is a result of your habits. The American historian and philosopher, Will Durant, said it best:
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
Bad habits? Bad life. Good habits? Good life. It’s really as simple as that. But the problem is that we lack a framework for kicking our bad habits and adopting good habits. Together, we’ll explore how you can:
- Pick your ideal habits
- Deal with distractions
- Quit all your bad habits
- Form LASTING habits that change your life
The Road To Better Habits shows you a different way of living. One that’s not about chasing success, but gives you peace of mind, clarity, and more energy. That’s the best thing you can do for yourself.
My Life in Full (Hindi)/Ek Poora Jeevan/एक पूरा जीवन
‘एक पूरा जीवन’ एक असाधारण लीडर के जीवन की ऐसी कहानी है जो प्रोत्साहित भी करती है और साथ ही उनका निजी जीवन आंखे भी नम कर देता है। इस किताब को पढ़ते हुए पाठक उन घटनाओं से गुजरेंगे जिन्होंने इन्द्रा नूयी को गढ़ा, उनके बचपन और 1960 के दशक में भारत में हुई उनकी शुरुआती शिक्षा के दिनों से लेकर उनके येल स्कूल ऑफ मैनेजमेंट तक पहुँचने और कार्पोरेट सलाहकार और रणनीतिकार के रूप में उभरने और फिर जल्द ही इस क्षेत्र के सर्वोच्च पदों पर उनके पहुँचने की कहानी को जान सकेंगे।
Doglapan (Hindi)/Doglapan/दोगलापन
यह दिल्ली के मालवीय नगर के एक रिफ्यूजी नौजवान की कहानी है जो कड़ी मेहनत के बाद कामयाबी के झंडे गाड़ता है। वह आईआईटी दिल्ली में रैंक होल्डर बनता है, आईआईएम अहमदाबाद से एमबीए करता है, कोटक और एमेक्स में इन्वेस्टमेंट बैंकर बनता है और भारत के दो-दो मशहूर यूनिकॉर्न को खड़ा करना का श्रेय हासिल करता है।
यह ग्रोफर के सीएफओ और भारतपे के को-फाउंडर अश्नीर ग्रोवर का एक लाजवाब संस्मरण है जो मशहूर टीवी शो शर्क टैंक इंडिया में जज बनकर घर-घर जाना पहचाना नाम बन चुके हैं, हालाँकि उनकी जिंदगी में कई उतार-चढ़ाव आते हैं। विवाद, प्रेस और सोशल मीडिया की बहसें उनका पीछा करती हैं और तथ्य और कल्पनाओं के बीच फर्क करना मुश्किल हो जाता है।