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Orient BlackSwan Work, Wisdom, Legacy: 31 Essays from India by Y. V. Reddy, with Ravi Menon, Shaji Vikraman, and Kavi Yaga (Eds.)
Abbreviations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
God Laughs and Other Reflections
Y. V. Reddy and Kavi Yaga
PART I: PUBLIC LIFE
1. Never Give Up, Fight to the End: Lessons from Changing Professions, Losing Jobs, and the Ups and Downs of Life
Arun Shourie
2. Three Workplaces and Lessons Learned
Palaniappan Chidambaram
3. Teaching, Service, Politics, Governance: A Journey
Yashwant Sinha
PART II: PRIVATE SECTOR
4. Product of Values
Narayana Murthy
5. Continuing to Learn
Kundapur Vaman Kamath
6. Village Teachers and Hallowed Institutions
Gullapalli Nageswara Rao
7. The Joys of a Professional Career
Yezdi Hirji Malegam
8. Human Connections, Human Learnings
K. Srinath Reddy
9. Lessons for Life (And Work)
Jamal Mecklai
10. To Thine Own Self Be True
Joydeep Mukherji
PART III: PUBLIC POLICY
11. Work and Life
Shankar Acharya
12. Reflections on a Career in the Civil Service: In a Season of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness
Sheela Bhude
13. Unity and Diversity
Nitin Desai
14. Abiding Friendship, Building Trust
Nand Kishore Singh
15. People Matter
K. Sujatha Rao
16. Fulfilment: Journey, Not Destination
Venkatramanan Anantha Nageswaran
PART IV: BANKING
17. Forty Years at RBI: A Journey of Challenges and Joys
Usha Thorat
18. An Unexpected Journey in Banking
Shyamala Gopinath
19. Collaboration, Coexistence
Vittaldas Leeladhar
20. Joys and Sorrows of a Working Life
Kaushik Jayaram
21. From Soapstone to ChatGPT: A Journey
B. Sambamurthy
22. Behind the Scenes of Pathbreaking Journeys
Radha Binod Barman
PART V: MEDIA
23. Myriad Brilliant Minds
Latha Venkatesh
24. An ‘Academic-Journalist’
C. Rammanohar Reddy
25. Past Pleasant, Present Imperfect
Tamal Bandyopadhyay
26. Three Careers
Niranjan Rajadhyaksha
27. A Journey Through a Changing India
Shaji Vikraman
PART VI: ACADEMIA
28. Building People, Building Institutions
Man Mohan Sharma
29. Defining Work with the Power of Quitting
M. S. Sriram
Summing Up: Rear View
Y. V. Reddy, Ravi Menon, and Shaji Vikraman
List of Contributors
Index