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Bookshelf
Welcome to the latest section of Alma Matters “Bookshelf” - a platform where people can share their comments, feelings and thoughts about various books they read. From business and economics to SCI-FI, thriller and comedy…please feel free to contribute to this section by writing to us at alumni_relations@isb.edu
Recommended Readings by Anuradha Agrawal
Anuradha is from the Class of 2003 and is currently working as a Senior Vice President with the Indian Express Group. She enjoys reading extensively and besides the below mentioned books, also recommends the Indian Express Book Review and Editorial.
“Amul’s India”,by Santosh Desai, Rajdeep Sardesai, Harsha Bhogle, Shyam Benegal, Shobhaa De, Alyque Padamsee and other contributors
This paperback compiles 50 years of Amul's butter-topicals. Instead of compiling the contemporary advertisements of Amul in a coffee table book, Amul has compiled it into a carefully thought over small paper back with first hand narratives from Amitabh Bachchan, Saina Mirza, etc. The book also describes the journey of India in a very humorous and entertaining way.
“Daughter of Empire”, by Pamela Hicks
In this book, Pamela Hicks (Daughter of Edwina and Lord Mountbatten) talks about how Edwina Mountbatten enjoyed a close and warm relationship with Jawaharlal Nehru. She describes this relationship as very spiritual and intellectual and not a sexual one. She further states that Lord Mountbatten was aware of his wife's fondness for Nehru but did not interfere. Infact, it was her father’s lack of jealousy and total desire for her mother’s happiness that made their marriage work. This is a very interesting book and a must read for all.
“Durbar”, by Tavleen Singh
This is a delectable narrative set in the pre satellite TV days when politicians still enjoyed an intriguing “star quality”. The book is an easy read and covers the Indian political scenario of the 70’s, highlighting the need of being less foreign and more aware of India’s great wealth of culture, language and literature, especially for our leaders.
Recommended Readings by Anish Jain
Anish is from the Class of 2011 and is currently Manager – Corporate Treasury and M&A, HPCL Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL).Prior to this, he has worked with Evaluserve and Accenture.
“Predictably Irrational”, by Dan Ariely
“Predictably Irrational” is a New York Times bestseller and author Dan Ariely refutes the common assumption that we behave in fundamentally rational ways. MIT professor Ariely has discovered in 20 years of researching behavioral economics that people tend to behave irrationally in a predictable fashion. This book beautifully represents how people behave irrationally even without being aware of it. We can all relate to the incidents described in this book to our daily decision making.
“Three Men in a Boat”, by Jerome K. Jerome
If you like reading books without plots, then this is a must read for you! Written in 1889, this is a story of three friends (Jerome, Harris and George) who are on a boat journey and describing their experiences along the way. This is an epic tale of friends and friends-of-friends, etc. This book is a great British comic, which takes funny twists and turns in what it means to be English. You will enjoy reading this one for sure!
“Alexander the Great”, by Philip Freeman