From the bookshelves of Forbes India
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From the bookshelves of Forbes India
Every fortnight, Forbes India’s Divya Shekhar brings you conversations about business, economy, life and society, as seen through the written word. The episodes chronicle what’s cool, contextual and worth talking about in the world of books and publishing. With personal stories, reportage, research...
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K Ganesh has a master key to what makes new-age business models successful
Disruption is often outside in, says serial entrepreneur K Ganesh. It takes an outsider to change the status quo, like how Elon Musk and Tesla challen...
Vivek Gambhir and Sunder Ramachandran on building careers in the complex world of work
How does AI change our approach to work? Are Gen Zs impatient? What does it mean to build our own ‘personal board of directors’? Vivek Gambhir and Sun...
Cricketing legend Mohinder Amarnath on his life, career and being fearless on the field
Through his nearly two-decade career, Mohinder Amarnath fought against the fiercest of bowlers. In his recent autobiography Fearless, written along wi...
Former Softbank CFO Alok Sama on the AI bubble, ‘founder mode’, and Masayoshi Son
Alok Sama was chief dealmaker at possibly the most influential technology investor in the world: Softbank. The company, founded by maverick investor M...
Ravi Wazir on restaurants in the age of social media and food delivery platforms
What does it take to run a successful restaurant? Why do so many F&B ventures fail? What qualities do successful restauranteurs have? Ravi Wazir, a se...
Verity Harding on how AI can mimic the best and worst of humankind
Artificial Intelligence is already part of our day-to-day life. It is in our homes, our offices, and increasingly in our public spaces too. Technology...
Titan MD CK Venkataraman on why the biggest business lessons come from the trenches
What does it take to build an iconic jewellery brand for the ages? CK Venkataraman, the managing director of Titan Company, attempts to answer this qu...
Madhumita Murgia on the good, bad and ugly of artificial intelligence in our daily lives
In her new book 'Code Dependent', Madhumita Murgia brings voices and stories of people from across the world to describe how AI is impacting our work,...
For businesses, sustainability should be a leadership challenge, not a cost problem: Rajeev Peshawaria
In a world where ESG (environment, social, governance) is often reduced to box-ticking and greenwashing by businesses, Rajeev Peshawaria believes that...
How two-time world champion Shane Watson overcame fear and retrained his mind to play the short ball
The two-time World Cup-winning Australian all-rounder talks to Divya Shekhar and Kathakali Chanda about his new book The Winner’s Mindset. He talks ab...
Has India resisted timely financial sector reforms? Rajrishi Singhal weighs in
In his book 'Slip, Stitch and Stumble', senior journalist Rajrishi Singhal takes a broad-scope look into the evolution of financial sector reforms in...
Former P&G India CEO Gurcharan Das on life, leadership and doing business in challenging times
Gurcharan Das believes that reliving your life is better than living it. In his memoir Another Sort of Freedom, he reflects on 80 years of his life. T...
Vijay Govindarajan on fusion strategy and why India should focus on high value manufacturing
To compete in the new age, companies need to fuse the physical and digital to create value, says Vijay Govindarajan. The Coxe distinguished professor...
Former Tata Motors CEO Ravi Kant on the merits of leading from the back
We’ve heard about the popular phrase “leading from the front”. It means taking the lead in making decisions and showing people the way. But Ravi Kant,...
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni on her new book about Sudha and Narayana Murthy
Sudha and Narayana Murthy are no doubt icons of our generation. But when so much is known about their life already, what can you possibly write that s...
Gretchen Morgenson and Josh Rosner on how private equity can plunder the economy
In this episode, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner, managing director of Graham Fisher and Co., talk about their...
Robin Sharma on wealth, leadership, and how to separate good advice from bad
The author and leadership coach, known for international bestsellers The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari and The 5 AM Club, speaks with Divya Shekhar about...
Raghuram Rajan and Rohit Lamba on reimagining India’s economic growth path
Raghuram Rajan and Rohit Lamba believe that India’s best days are still ahead and that the country shouldn’t lose its biggest strength—its democracy—b...
In conversation with Kashmir Hill: Facial recognition technology and the end of privacy
What if I tell you there’s a company that can scrape every photo you casually upload on social media? A company that uses powerful facial recognition...
Fali Nariman on the Constitution, judiciary and the future of Indian democracy
Fali Nariman is arguably the greatest living expert on the Constitution. He started his legal practice the year the Constitution of India was enacted...
Madhav Gadgil on India’s priorities towards conservation, climate and sustainability
All through his career, Madhav Gadgil has worked closely with communities on the ground, roping in researchers, policy-makers,
NGOs, farmers, te...
Water in the age of climate change, with Harini Nagendra and Seema Mundoli
The teachers of sustainability at the Azim Premji University in Bengaluru discuss their new book ‘Shades of Blue: Connecting the Drops in India’s Citi...
Nagaraja Prakasam on why entrepreneurs should solve for ‘Bharat’, not just India
In his book ‘Back to Bharat: In Search of a Sustainable Future’, impact investor Nagaraja Prakasam distinguishes between India and Bharat. For him, th...
Azim Premji Foundation CEO Anurag Behar on education and stories from the ground
Anurag Behar is the CEO of the Azim Premji Foundation that has been working in the space of education and now healthcare. In his new book, ‘A Matter o...
How can daily habits influence climate change? Aakash Ranison has an answer
You might be all in on the #OOTD (outfit of the day) trend or not care about leftover food from a takeout. All this, and a multitude of small daily ha...
Durreen Shahnaz on building a stock exchange for social enterprises
In her book, 'The Defiant Optimist', Durreen Shahnaz, the first Bangladeshi woman to work on Wall Street, presents a glimpse of her life and her effor...
Monika Halan talks mutual funds, financial influencers and how to grow your money
Her previous book, Let’s
Talk Money, was a national bestseller and in it, Monika Halan offered a
practical approach to financial security...
Sam Santhosh’s leadership learnings for the first-time Indian entrepreneur
The self-made businessman has worked with several pharma and biotech companies for targeted therapies and innovation through his company MedGenome. He...
What can startup founders learn from legacy entrepreneurs who built India?
What does it take to build a legacy and ensure generations of people benefit from your work? Are there leadership lessons old industrialists can offer...
India’s economic history, told through the stories of its Finance Ministers
How did India’s earliest Finance Ministers shape the economic story of the country? In his new book 'India’s Finance Ministers: From Independence to E...
Are the odds stacked against women in science by design?
In this episode, Divya Shekhar speaks with science writers Aashima Dogra and Nandita Jayaraj, who run The Life of Science, a platform dedicated to hig...
HCL Co-founder Ajai Chowdhry on why India needs to be a hardware product nation
In this episode, Divya Shekhar speaks with HCL co-founder Ajai Chowdhry about his book 'Just Aspire', building a career in IT in the 70s, creating a d...
Stories from Indian Kitchens: Part 2, ft. Vikas Khanna
To commemorate the six-month run of From the Bookshelves, Divya Shekhar brings you a special episode featuring a Michelin-starred celebrity chef who i...
Stories from Indian Kitchens, ft. Gauri Devidayal
What are the numerous untold tales behind a plate of food that you’ve ordered at a restaurant? In this episode, Divya Shekhar speaks with restaurateur...
Can finding your ‘Ikigai’ make you a better business leader?
The Japanese have a long tradition of finding the secret to a sense of purpose, happiness and balance in everyday life. And they have a word—Ikigai—to...
Crony Capitalism and Controversial Businessmen, with Nandini Vijayaraghavan
In this episode, Divya Shekhar discusses a brief history of the biggest corporate failures in India over the past two decades and what we can learn fr...
Bhairavi Jani on the diversity in Indian entrepreneurship
Do you think you will have a better understanding of your country and what it means to be Indian if you travelled over 18,000 kilometres, on the road...
Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka on his next book and life after winning Booker Prize 2022
From the Bookshelves of Forbes India is back after a short New Year break, and is happy to present the first fiction title to be discussed on the podc...
Kris Gopalakrishnan on framing India's IT story
Did you know the word computation made its first appearance only in the second Five-Year plan, and the word 'computer' was introduced only in India's...
Modern-day feminism equals financial freedom: Shaili Chopra
How do women in India navigate their everyday freedoms, both big and small? With the rate of female workforce participation in India low and stagnant...