G d birla biography of barack
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There is a dearth of scholarly biographies in India: Dr Ramachandra Guha
At his recent talk in Mumbai, Dr Guha noted that there were no quality biographies of Indian political leaders, musicians, writers, artists and sports personalities. There weren't even scholarly, independent biographies of business leaders.
"Those that exist tend to be hagiographies," Dr Guha said. "There could be one exception — Medha M Kudaisya's book on GD Birla. Probably in the field of business history, it would be one book by a scholar that is not by definition a biography of a business leader."
The talk was held at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Museum. The audience included Nadir Godrej, Phiroza Godrej, former TCS CEO S Ramadorai, Bharat Doshi of Mahindra Group, Sunil M
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (–)
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi[c] (2&#;October &#;&#; 30&#;January )[2] was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule. He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā (from Sanskrit, meaning great-souled, or venerable), first applied to him in South Africa in , is now used throughout the world.[3]
Born and raised in a Hindu family in coastal Gujarat, Gandhi trained in the law at the Inner Temple in London and was called to the bar at the age of After two uncertain years in India, where he was unable to start a successful law practice, Gandhi moved to South Africa in to represent an Indian merchant in a lawsuit. He went on to live in South Africa for 21