From the bookshelves of Forbes India

In his tell-all memoir 'Mind without Fear', Gupta, once the poster-boy of India's corporate elite, divulges life before and during imprisonment, arrested for insider trading. On this week's episode, he talks about his regrets, second chances and his battle with what he believes is an 'unfair and biased' justice system

Award-winning journalist and bestselling author joins us on this week's episode to discuss his book 'Pharma', tracing the heroes and villains of the pharmaceutical industry—stories of greed, corruption, drugs and reckless profiteering—especially relevant in the Covid-19 world

Journalist and author Brian Dumaine decodes 'Bezonomics', which is also the name of his new book, on this week's episode. We trace the rise of Amazon, its new foray into finance, the AI flywheel it has become and the all-important question: What does the future looks like for the ecommerce behemoth?

The chairman of Maruti Suzuki will launch his book 'Getting Competitive' this week, which charts India's economic journey since Independence. As the leader of India's largest automotive company, Bhargava also dissects the future of mobility, and the auto sector, which was grappling with challenges well before Covid-19 hit on this episode

Journalist and author Vivek Kaul discusses bad loans, the NPA muddle and the threat to India's banking system, through a conversation about his new book, 'Bad Money'

53 transfers in 28 years. That's how often IAS officer Ashok Khemka was transferred around&#59; that's an average of 6.5 months versus the norm of two years. On this week's episode, the co-author of the book 'Just Transferred' chronicles the story of Khemka, an unlikely hero, whose tale also speaks of how democracy has been undermined by bureaucracy in India

A tale of inspiring adventure that follows the motorcycle diaries of biker Candida Louis, this week's book pick is 'Candid Tales: India on a Motorcycle'. Louis joins us to regale us with her experiences of the heartwarming and the eccentric, along with the book's author, Adithi Rao

Even before the pandemic, India's economy had slowed, creating fewer jobs than in the previous decade. The human development economist discusses the situation during and after Covid-19 and possible solutions, along his book, 'Reviving Jobs'

On this episode, 'dean of valuation' Aswath Damodaran discusses his book 'Narrative and Numbers', shedding light on valuing companies during the pandemic and what this means for markets like India

With professor Tanweer Fazal, Forbes India's Pooja Sarkar discusses the book 'The Minority Conundrum: Living in Majoritarian Times', a collection of stories he has edited, which covers sensitive subjects such as lynchings, identity politics and how livelihoods are affected in times of prejudice

Rajan, who is the brother of former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan, worked with the Tata group for 23 years, as brand custodian and Ratan Tata's longest-serving executive assistant early on. In this podcast, he speaks with Pooja Sarkar about his book, 'The Brand Custodian: My Years with the Tatas', in which he offers a close view of the reticent Ratan Tata, along with the ups and downs that the group...

Chartered accountant Anil Lamba, who has written books including 'Romancing the Balance Sheet' and more recently, 'Eye on the Bottom Line', says that people have two misconceptions: that balance sheets are difficult and boring. 'How can money be boring?' he asks. Here's how to learn quick, fundamental rules and how to use them for smart investments

Sunil Kant Munjal is one of the founder-promoters of the Hero Group, the legacy Indian maker of bicycles and two-wheelers. On this episode, he gives us a backstage look at what went into building this legendary company, and the stories inside and behind his book, 'The Making of Hero: Four Brothers, Two Wheels and a Revolution that Shaped India

The superstar French economist dissects the ideas of prosperity, poverty and equality in a candic conversation about his latest book, which takes off from his 2013 bestseller, Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Forbes India and Harper Collins India present the #Reset podcast series, kickstarting with this episode

Jaslok Hospital's Dr Rajesh M Parikh and medical researcher Maherra Desai, coauthors of the book, explain in this episode why, when the virus dates back to 2007, it hasn't been contained—and what lies ahead for India in the Covid-19 fight

IIM Ahmedabad's Chinmay Tumbe joins Pooja Sarkar to talk about his book 'India Moving', and policy lapses that have affected this large segment of daily wage workers

In part 2 of a podcast with author and economist Arvind Panagariya, on his new book, India Unlimited: Reclaiming the Lost Glory, we take a look at governance reforms that could help attract foreign investments to India

The key objective is to survive, says the Infosys and Axilor Ventures cofounder

Forbes India's Pooja Sarkar speaks with author and economist Arvind Panagariya on key reforms needed, and his new book, India Unlimited: Reclaiming the Lost Glory

In his book 'Extreme Economies', the author studies traditional concepts in non-traditional formats, such as prisons, disaster-prone regions and refugee camps

The IIT engineer-turned-journalist discusses his recent book, Truck De India, a gritty, unconventional travelogue

Schwarzman’s autobiography has lessons for entrepreneurs and investors, including how to deal with extreme rejection, written from first-hand experience