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Sunetra Choudhury started her career at The Indian Express in 1999, as a metro reporter. In 2000, as a recognition of her abilities she was sent for Japan’s Foreign Press Centre Fellowship by the paper. She became Indian Express’ youngest Deputy Chief Reporter at 24 and also brought out Newsline, the pull-out city section. In 2002, Sunetra joined the launch team of Star News, a 24-hour Hindi news channel. Within a year, she moved to NDTV. After the success of one of her assignments at NDTV, covering the 2009 election campaign, she authored Braking News. Sunetra anchors a daily, audience-based show called Agenda – the only out-of-studio show of its kind – and a primetime show on student leaders and elections. In April 2016, she got the Red Ink award for her story on how Indians were adopting disabled children.
From the early Vedic period, the Vaishyas, the oldest mercantile community of India, generated wealth for the nation through their remarkable efforts. Their Marwari offshoots were appointed by many rulers as ministers, advisors and diwans and were recognised as the first philanthropists in India. The Marwari Heritage takes the reader on a voyage of discovery of the Marwaris who migrated from Rajputana, Haryana, Malwa and its adjoining regions to other parts of India. They braved trials and tribulations in unchartered territories, supporting others of their community, never losing faith in their ability to succeed, and focused on their goal, they became the uncrowned kings, first of trade and...
In the novel Ideas And Events the narrator narrates the story of two sisters Vindhya and Dr. Sandhya as they dedicate themselves to pursue their academic goals in this complex world. Vindhya gets Ph.D. in Business Administration but her life is disturbed by Apurva Karan, the lecherous son of her supervisor Dr. Tayal. On the other hand, Dr. Sandhya uses her knowledge of medical science to produce a human figure. She succeeds in creating a giant like person Youngstein 7' height, white teeth, black hair but creating a sense of fear. Youngstein wins her sympathy when he tells her that her father is alive, not dead. But then the ambitions of Youngstein continue to increase and he is out of his creator's control. Finally, she finds herself tense as she had made misuse of her knowledge. Her father Surya Pratap is the symbol of patience and optimism and tolerates the conduct of Adheer in the village after his marriage with Anjali. Behind each event, there is an idea and the novelist confirms it here.
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First Published in 2000. This is Volume IX of fourteen of a series on India- its language and literature. Written in 1926, The Spirit of Oriental Poetry includes the author’s account of his journeys in search of ‘His Footprints’.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dr Ankush Mittal holds a B. Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. He got his PhD from the National University of Singapore(NUS). He has worked in premier institutes such as NUS, Singapore, IIT Roorkee and BITS Pilani. He has received several national and international awards, such as the IIT Roorkee Outstanding teacher award, the Young Scientist award from The National Academy of Sciences India, the IIT Roorkee Star performer and the IBM faculty award. Dr Mittal has a keen interest in philosophy and teaching all levels of students, from school kids to college students. ABOUT THE BOOK Through a series of 8 compelling plays, this book offers a fresh perspective on personal growth, guiding college students and professionals towards a path of self-realization, inner harmony, and a deeper connection with themselves and the world.
The inside track to India's most powerful tycoons The eight business maharajas profiled here are among Asia's most powerful industrial tycoons, Their combined turnover runs into billions of rupees, and between them they employ some 650,000 people, while indirectly affecting the lives of millions more. Sip a cup of tea, drive to work, listen to music, build a house and the chances are that in these and a myriad other ways you are using products that they manufacture or market. By any yardstick, the achievements of these men would rank among the great business stories of our time. How did these men build their enormous empires? What are their management secrets? How did they thrive and prosper even as others failed? What is their vision for the future? Top business writer and industry insider Gita Piramal draws on exhaustive interviews and in-depth research to discover the answers to these and related questions in her profiles of the men who will lead the country's push to become an industrial superpower in the 21st century.
What is common between Walmart, Reliance, Toyota, Samsung, Ikea, WIPRO? They are all Family Businesses. Many of the world’s biggest businesses are owned by families, and many have thrived over decades, generating employment, and contributing immensely to their country’s GDP. What makes some family businesses grow from strength to strength? How do you ensure that value is created and not destroyed when a business passes hands from one generation to the next in the Indian context? How can old families incorporate new ideas to revitalize themselves? Is there a role for professional management in Indian family business? This book offers answers to the vexatious issues that families face in t...
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