Book Review "Why I failed" by Shweta Punj. (Review 1/10)

Here I am starting the book marathon. I will read and review 10 books from 8-10-2014 to 21-10-2014. So the first review is as under

Why I failed (Lessons from leaders) by Shweta Punj

Firstly the subject matter is new so I got interested in buying this book. Going through this book was beautiful experience as it always showed that passion, love and aggression always triumphed in the darkest hours and pulled the people out from the near sure gallows of life.

I particularly got inspired by some of the stories like Anu Aga taking on Thermax and driving it on her intuition rather than solely depending on the team of experts;  Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw for foraying into the area which was not comfortable to the woman and shining greatly in her endeavor and never losing hope; Sabyasachi Mukherjee for always taking correct decisions, which were so tough and yet clinging to them with soul; Sminu Jindal for sheer grit and expertise in turning around the sick projects and nursing them back to normal and discharging them and when all this happens even we tend to forget that she is paralyzed from waist down.

I also got to learn that in the times of difficulty nobody is there and it is by our self determination and undeterred resolve only that we can come out of the darkest corners in which the life has pushed us. This is aptly shown from the life story of Sanjiv Goenka. Also learned from the story of Shankar Sharma that when life starts to take back it does not give reasons for it and when the law makers only become law breakers it is very difficult for anyone to escape. And also that being ruthless is not an option but a compulsion.

Shweta Punj has given a good book but initially we feel that if the story was little longer it would be good and in the later part we can notice that the stories have expanded and it is a good reading. Sometimes a paragraph or two creep up from nowhere and we can feel that they don’t belong here and were added to increase the literary content.  

Nevertheless a good book as it provides the encouragement to all the people and makes us think that if they can why we can’t??