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Prashant Panday, chief executive officer and executive director, ENIL (Radio Mirchi), loves reading autobiographies of political leaders and books on economics, geo-politics and Indian politics, medicine, as well those on global brands and corporations.
Currently, I am reading two books, India after Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha and Breakout Nations by Ruchir Sharma.
I love Breakout Nations because it is an advance warning to India. BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and Singapore) may no longer be a comforting acronym for us.
Besides, I like books on economics. Among the genres, I love include autobiographies of political leaders, economics, geo-politics and Indian politics, medicine, as well as, global brands and corporations. I do read fiction, at times.
As for favourites, India After Gandhi is my current favourite. However, I also enjoyed reading Bush's autobiography for its candid style and because it took you so close to the power centre. For the same reason, I also like the autobiographies of Condoleeza Rice, Margaret Thatcher and Hillary Clinton.
I have, in the past, loved reading books on global corps and global business leaders. Jack Welch's book (Straight from the Gut) has been an all-time favourite. Likewise, I have enjoyed reading books on Sam Palmisano, Sam Walton, McDonald's, Google and such others. I also liked Vinod Mehta's autobiography.
Not sure of what I want to buy next, I still have lots left over from previous purchases. There is one book on medicine called Love Medicine and Miracles by Bernie Siegel, which I have yet to read.