The perennial lack of time, the travel, the rushing from one meeting to the other, the pressure of returning calls, coping up with the targets, the deadlines and then to top it all trying to juggle family life along with all of this can take a toll on a person’s mental and physical health. More specifically people who have been exposed to the corporate world in one way or the other can relate to the book in a big way. There are so many instances which one can relate to, experiences that anyone of us could have had. There are always two sides to a story and everyone has a right to present their side which is what this book is largely about. What I feel and can say for sure is that the book rings of honesty and manages to touch the reader’s heart.

I don’t want to judge the legal aspect of his life or dwell on it because to my mind he has paid a heavy price for something that could not be proved beyond doubt. It is about the author’s high flying corporate journey, his experiences and the lessons he learnt from it. This book I feel is a great read for young corporates and those aspiring to get into that space. And one needs nerves of steel to be able to do that. At that point it is only the values embedded in the individual, his mindset and his resolve to stay adrift that can see him through. It is a grim reminder of the fact that life is a roller coaster ride where the downs can test an individual’s core, his raison d’etre. There can be many shades of grey to it and in fact the shades of black and white may just pale in comparison to the ominous grey. It is a book that reminds you once again that life can never be only black or white. Highly recommended.Ī book, a memoir that is straight from the heart. It is one of the very few non-fiction books which I have read cover to cover, and the first autobiography. It taught me some very crucial lessons on the importance of family, true friends and hard work in a convincing manner.

I had started this book with a heavy doubt on it turning out to be a public defence of a supposedly unfair judgment in the courts of law in which he was declared guilty of insider trading at Goldman Sachs, and at the end of it, it does succeed in instilling doubt on the fairness of the trial, but more than that, it paints a grand, self-critical picture of a life lived not necessarily well but to its completeness. Rajat Gupta has been one of the few men I have been in awe of, purely because of his academic and professional accomplishments at such a fast pace - the calendar boy/man of white collar elitism who broke through the white barriers of the most creamy glittery layer of American, and for that matter, global corporate inner circles. Among the many, many talents that this man possesses, one that I have personally experienced is his narrative skill.

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