Mahabharata in Polyester: The Making of the World's Richest Brothers and Their Feud

Dhirubhai Ambani was a rags-to-riches Indian tycoon whose company Reliance is now one of India’s major corporations. Ambani’s sons Anil and Mukesh, who took over after their father's death in 2002, are worth $43 billion and $42 billion respectively, but their relationship is far from amiable. Demonstrating the complicated links between government and big business, this account is not only the riveting story of one of the wealthiest families in the world—including their infamous feud—but also an illustration of India’s transformation into a global economic powerhouse.

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Mahabharata in Polyester: The Making of the World's Richest Brothers and Their Feud

Dhirubhai Ambani was a rags-to-riches Indian tycoon whose company Reliance is now one of India’s major corporations. Ambani’s sons Anil and Mukesh, who took over after their father's death in 2002, are worth $43 billion and $42 billion respectively, but their relationship is far from amiable. Demonstrating the complicated links between government and big business, this account is not only the riveting story of one of the wealthiest families in the world—including their infamous feud—but also an illustration of India’s transformation into a global economic powerhouse.

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Mahabharata in Polyester: The Making of the World's Richest Brothers and Their Feud

Mahabharata in Polyester: The Making of the World's Richest Brothers and Their Feud

by Hamish McDonald
Mahabharata in Polyester: The Making of the World's Richest Brothers and Their Feud

Mahabharata in Polyester: The Making of the World's Richest Brothers and Their Feud

by Hamish McDonald

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Dhirubhai Ambani was a rags-to-riches Indian tycoon whose company Reliance is now one of India’s major corporations. Ambani’s sons Anil and Mukesh, who took over after their father's death in 2002, are worth $43 billion and $42 billion respectively, but their relationship is far from amiable. Demonstrating the complicated links between government and big business, this account is not only the riveting story of one of the wealthiest families in the world—including their infamous feud—but also an illustration of India’s transformation into a global economic powerhouse.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781742231587
Publisher: UNSW Press
Publication date: 11/01/2010
Pages: 432
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Hamish McDonald is the Asia-Pacific editor of the Sydney Morning Herald and a former editor of the Far East Asian Economic Review. He is the two-time recipient of the Walkley Award and an inaugural fellow of the Australian Institute of International Affairs.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Glossary x

1 Protean capitalist 1

2 A persuasive young bania 9

3 Lessons from the souk 24

4 Catching live serpents 34

5 A first-class fountain 48

6 Guru of the equity cult 66

7 Friends in the right places 84

8 The great polyester war 101

9 The paper tiger 121

10 Sleuths 145

11 Letting loose a scorpion 159

12 Business as usual 181

13 Murder medley 198

14 A political deluge 215

15 Under the reforms 232

16 Housekeeping secrets 260

17 Dhirubhai's dream 274

18 The polyester princes 298

19 Corporate Kurukshetra 312

20 Mother India 333

21 The Ambanis apart 345

22 Goodbye, Gandhi 374

Notes 389

Index 397

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