• Rita, the young bahu, avoids buying personal products from the family grocer. • Sonu’s breakfast table on a Sunday represents global cuisines. Do you know how it is possible? • Where do big corporates and MNC retailers fumble, and what helps simple DMart get its model right? • What is Ching’s Sercret that is not Knorr’s, Maggi’s, or Yippie’s? Supermarketwala, Damodar Mall’s intriguing and revelatory debut book, answers these questions and much more. Damodar, in Supermarketwala, provides the very basics for the growth of modern retail and consumerism in India, through interesting and carefully studied consumer behaviour, an art that few in his domain possess. Supermarketwala, is intended to be the go-to book for all consumer business enthusiasts and readers alike, who wish to understand how and why we as consumers behave in a certain manner at different places. These insights, which are the analyses of the sector so far, could become the pillars for shaping successful consumer products and retail businesses in the huge consumer economy that India will soon be.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The stunning debut novel from one of the most creative artists of our generation, Bobby Hall, a.k.a. Logic. “Bobby Hall has crafted a mind-bending first novel, with prose that is just as fierce and moving as his lyrics. Supermarket is like Naked Lunch meets One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest—if they met at Fight Club.”—Ernest Cline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ready Player One Flynn is stuck—depressed, recently dumped, and living at his mom’s house. The supermarket was supposed to change all that. An ordinary job and a steady check. Work isn’t work when it’s saving you from yourself. But things aren’t quite as they seem in these aisles. Arriving to work one day to a crime scene, Flynn’s world collapses as the secrets of his tortured mind are revealed. And Flynn doesn’t want to go looking for answers at the supermarket. Because something there seems to be looking for him. A darkly funny psychological thriller, Supermarket is a gripping exploration into madness and creativity. Who knew you could find sex, drugs, and murder all in aisle nine?

Many big companies—famous brands, once loved and revered—often disappear into oblivion mainly due to their own follies. Look at the once invincible Kodak or the seemingly unfailing Premier Padmini cars. In the unforgiving world of modern business they failed to adapt, only to perish. Many businesses fail to address and wisdom from their trying experiences. Even the infallible Nokia, BlackBerry, Woolworths and Lehman Brothers buckled. Companies such as Bethlehem Steel, Atari, Xerox, NCR, Mafatlal and Kingfisher Airlines this basic truth. Every business is tested for endurance and accomplishment but only a few extract strength once considered as the great ones to emulate, all failed to live up to their repute. Instances of business blunders and bloopers are many. They could include compromising quality to cut costs, lack of professionalism in management, botched up mergers and acquisitions, customers being taken for granted, bad leadership, family squabbles, corporate fraud, unmanageable debts and numerous others. This book will help you understand many famous, frequent and common mistakes committed by businesses over time. The lessons learnt should enable you to run your businesses with lesser hiccups and maximize stakeholder returns.

In 1991, an exciting journey began—then finance minister Manmohan Singh initiated what came to be called the economic liberalization of India. It was the beginning of a bold new era that would redefine this country. India threw open its gates to outside businesses, embracing foreign products, competition and everything changed, forever. Twenty-five years on, What’s Changed looks at how the country has metamorphosed since the first set of reforms were introduced. Experts like Kumar Mangalam Birla, Harsha Bhogle, Rama Bijapurkar, Siddharth Roy Kapur, and many others write about the changes they have witnessed in their industries. This insightful book edited by Kartikeya Kompella, casts a probing look at the quarter century of liberalized India and how it changed us all.

What to Say and When to Shut Up is a useful and interactive book on persuasive communication for corporates, students, entrepreneurs, and anybody who is looking to make a lasting impression on their audience. Through a practical AEIOU Xtra E framework and examples from inspiring leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Malala Yousafzai, Steve Jobs, Martin Luther King, J.K. Rowling, among others, this book will help you become a persuasive communicator. Rakesh Godhwani’s invaluable advice includes ways to: • Motivate audiences to action • Nail the interview for your dream job • Make impressive business presentations • Pitch to investors to raise money • Sell a product to a client • Negotiate a win-win • Network professionally and socially • Resolve conflicts

Driving through India and want to know where to eat on the road? Try Highway on my Plate: the guide to roadside eating in India, the country's first guide to dhabas and roadside restaurants. Adapted from the hit TV series on NDTV Good Times, Highway on my Plate, it lists great eats on almost every major Indian highway and route as presented in the show. Here's your chance to check out Punjab's legendary Puran Singh ka Dhaba, renowned for its meat curries, the kachoris (called kachoras) from Chawani Lal Halwai in Rajasthan or the wine tasting store on the road in Maharashtra. Packed with information and accompanied by maps, Highway on my Plate is an indispensable guide for all road trips. * Road maps for all routes * Restaurants rated for child-friendliness and hygiene * Food specialities included * Up-to-date contact information

Ang bagay na kinatatakutan niyang mangyari noon pa ay nangyari na. She was already in love. At kaya siya ngayon narito sa piling ni Gerardo ay dahil hindi niya iniiwasan ang pag-ibig. As a matter of fact, she was ready to face it–—head on. Walang tiwala si Angela Lee sa mga relasyong romantiko, and men in general. Ayaw niyang matulad sa kanyang ina na nagtiwala at nasaktan at patuloy na nasasaktan dahil nagmahal ng maling lalaki. Naisip niyang may mga taong sadyang tumatandang mag-isa at naniniwala siyang isa siya sa mga iyon. Hanggang sa makilala niya si Gerardo. She had been running away from love, she never thought it was waiting to surprise her in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong man. For she was the only daughter of one of the Republic’s senators, while Gerardo was a hired hand at her friend’s hacienda...