To the uninitiated, the stock market can appear a forbidding place where years of savings can be wiped out overnight. Yet, for the informed investor, it is one of the most effective ways to increasing wealth. In this accessible guide, Ashu Dutt, author of The Penguin Guide to Personal Finance, provides expert advice on how the stock market works, what shares are all about and what the wise investor should look out for. Drawing upon his years of experience as a broker and an investment adviser, he offers a fresh perspective on the inner workings of the Indian stock market. But, most importantly, he informs the reader of winning strategies-the tools, weapons and intelligence needed to navigate the market. The book covers, among other topics, market mechanics, how the price of a stock is determined, tools of the trade, stock market indices, developing an investment philosophy and what kind of stocks to pick.
Extremely reader-friendly, this book should enable even a layman investor to rub shoulders confidently with the bulls and the bears of the stock market.
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The Other Side of Belief
With a foreword by acclaimed film director Mahesh Bhatt, this is the definitive biography of U. G. Krishnamurti — the man who called himself an anti-guru and lived that truth with uncompromising intensity.
What am I? Is there meaning and purpose to life? These ancient questions have haunted humanity from the beginning of recorded history. They also led Mukunda Rao to the doorstep of UG — a man described by those who met him as perhaps the most subversive human being alive.
The Other Side of Belief is a candid, deeply researched, and profoundly engaging chronicle of UG’s life and the evolution of his radical vision. Tracing the extraordinary arc of his journey — from his early spiritual longing and relentless search for enlightenment, through his encounters with J. Krishnamurti, the Theosophical Society, and teachers from diverse traditions, to the shattering biological transformation of 1967 that destroyed everything he had pursued — Rao constructs the most comprehensive portrait yet written of this enigmatic and deeply unsettling figure.
UG insisted that enlightenment was not a mystical achievement, a spiritual attainment, or a transcendental state, but rather a series of biological mutations within the human organism itself. What happened to him, he maintained, was cellular, physical, and entirely beyond the reach of spiritual discipline, meditation, belief, or seeking. He dismantled society’s most cherished ideals, rejected every form of religious authority, denied that he had anything to teach, and yet profoundly altered the lives of countless people who encountered him.
Part biography, part philosophical inquiry, and part existential exploration, The Other Side of Belief goes beyond merely recounting UG’s words. It enters the heart of the man himself — his conflicts, his relentless honesty, his iconoclasm, and the startling biological reality he claimed lay behind the phenomenon called enlightenment.
Readers have described this as ‘the most complete book on UG’ and ‘the book that puts a full stop to the so-called spiritual search’. For anyone drawn to the work of U. G. Krishnamurti, or for those questioning the very foundations of spirituality, belief, and self-transformation, this book remains the essential starting point.
Bollywood Nation
Bollywood Nation charts the evolution of Indian cinema from its mythological films in the early 20th century to its world-class gangster and terrorist melodramas of today. In doing so, the book investigates why and how our films have become so deeply embedded in the nation’s popular imagination. Is it merely that cinema is the only common form of mass national culture in a country that does not have either a common language or a common religion—or is it entwined with greater social, cultural and spiritual aspirations?
By narrating the story of India through the stories that our films tell us, Vamsee Juluri posits cinema as the voice of the nation and examines how it has shaped our understanding of our place in the world.
Conversations With Waheeda Rehman
‘A remarkable book’ — Vogue
In this highly acclaimed book of conversations with Nasreen Munni Kabir, Waheeda Rehman speaks about her life and work with refreshing honesty, humour and insight: from detailing her personal triumphs and tribulations to giving enthralling accounts of working with cinematic personalities like Guru Dutt, Satyajit Ray, Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand. Against all odds, she successfully made a life in cinema on her own terms. Filled with compelling anecdotes and astute observations, this is a riveting slice of film history that provides a rare view of a much-adored and award-winning screen legend.
‘Insightful . . . Rehman speaks with honesty and humour’-India Today
‘An engaging and revealing account’-Rajeev Masand
‘A fascinating account of a great actor’s life’-Anupama Chopra
‘Delightful . . . Candid, real and personal’-Dawn
Hussain Zaidi box set
S. Hussain Zaidi is India’s No. 1 crime writer. He is the author of several bestselling books, including Dongri to Dubai: Six decades of the Mumbai Mafia, Mafia Queens of Mumbai, Black Friday and My Name is Abu Salem. His latest book, Dangerous Minds was on Amazon’s ‘Best Reads’ list for November 2017. A veteran of investigative, crime and terror reporting, he has worked for the Asian Age, Mumbai Mirror, Mid-day and the Indian Express. He is also the associate producer of the HBO movie Terror in Mumbai, based on the 26/11 terror attack. He lives with his family in Mumbai.
The Quotable Tycoon
Containing more than 700 instructive perceptive and often outrageous views on business from the world’s most powerful corporate leaders and entrepreneurs The Quotable Tycoon covers more than a century of inspirational irreverent and timely insights. Dhirubhai Ambani Warren Buffett Narayana Murthy John D. Rockefeller Akio Morita Jack Welch J.R.D. Tata Donald Trump Aditya Vikram Birla Oprah Winfrey Shikha Sharma and Bill Gates are among the scores of tycoons from Asia North America and Europe whose witty and provocative comments appear in this book. They are complemented by wry reflections on business by such varied observers as Mark Twain Mae West Winston Churchill and Peter Drucker. The quotes are arranged thematically so that the thoughts of business leaders throughout history can be easily scanned.
In this wonderful treasury David Olive and Gita Piramal not only provide the reader with hours of entertaining and stimulating reading but also present anyone in search of a witty sharp remark on business with the perfect reference book.
Going Places
How eleven men from the margins changed the way cricket is played and perceived beyond the metros. This is the story of a unique XI made up of cricketers–among them, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh, Suresh Raina, Munaf Patel and S. Sreesanth–who made the leap from the hinterland to centre stage. Difficult as it is to become a top-flight cricketer in India, it is doubly so for those growing up in small towns and villages. Yet there have been inspiring exceptions who have not let place names such as Azamgarh, Davangere, Ikhar, Jalandhar, Jamnagar, Kakur, Meerut, Muradnagar, Naichanpur, Najafgarh and Ranchi deter them from realizing their ambitions. These men have made the transition from rice fields and akharas to hallowed sports grounds, from abject poverty and menial jobs to IPL riches, from tennis balls and rough-hewn bats to shiny, red leather balls and sponsored cricket bats. A combination of a supportive family, a determined coach, talent and sheer hard work did the trick for them. Without this mix, the gentleman’s game would have lost these gifted players to farming, a job in Africa or driving a truck in Canada. India is fortunate to have this ‘team’ of small-town cricket heroes.
Offshore
BPOs and call centres are the workplace of choice for more than 2 million young Indians today. The mushrooming rise of innumerable BPOs in India is a reflection of the phenomenal success of the offshore delivery model worldwide. The Indian IT services industry alone is worth over $70 billion today and contributes to more than 5 per cent of the country’s GDP. Offshoring is part of a global phenomenon, where people work for clients in other countries who they’ve never met, without ever having to travel out of their own city. The offshore delivery model—which has created a global workforce working around the clock in different parts of the world to reach productivity and efficiency standards that could not be dreamt of earlier—has effectively put India back on the international business map. Yet few people understand what the offshore services business actually involves, and what makes an offshore services company tick. This book, authored by industry insiders Gaurav Rastogi and Basab Pradhan, reveals the inner workings of the business, with fascinating stories and anecdotes. As they explain the workings of the offshore services model worldwide, paying particular attention to the industry’s development in India, the authors demystify much of the jargon associated with offshoring, and bust a few popular myths
The Portfolio Book of Great Indian Business Stories
How did Dhirubhai Ambani build a polyester plant in record time?
What made J.R.D. 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.
The Bhutto Dynasty
The Bhutto family has long been one of the most ambitious and powerful in Pakistan. But politics has cost the Bhuttos dear. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, widely regarded as the most astute politician in the country’s history, was removed from power in 1977 and executed two years later, at the age of fifty-one. Of his four children, three met unnatural deaths: Shahnawaz was poisoned in 1985 at the age of twenty-seven; Murtaza was shot by the police outside his home in 1996, aged forty-two; and Benazir Bhutto, who led the Pakistan Peoples Party and became Prime Minister twice, was killed by a suicide bomber in Rawalpindi in 2007, aged fifty-four.
Drawing on original research and unpublished documents gathered over twenty years, Owen Bennett-Jones explores the turbulent existence of this extraordinary family, including their volatile relationship with British colonialists, the Pakistani armed forces and the United States.