Against All Odds: A Story of Courage, Perseverance and Hope [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2008] Dhirubhai Ambani

by Dhirubhai Ambani

Against All A Story of Courage, Perseverance and Hope

Genres: Biography, Leadership, Business, Entrepreneurship

Paperback

Published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Rey · Rating 2 out of 5]

Although the topic is on an incredible visionary, the writing style is extremely simplistic and hyperbolic.

It waxes lyrical unabashedly, something along lines of

"They said he couldn't do it. But he did it!"

This is repeated unreservedly about every other page. Have read magazine articles with more substance.

A 2 just because of the figure it speaks about, deserves a way better narration than this threadbare biography.

[Shubham Thakur · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you're in search for How Dhirubhai accomplish what Reliance is all about today in very crisp manner this book by A G Krishnamurthy who is founder chairman of India's 3rd largest advertising media company and founder of coveted institute MICA then this book is for you.

[Pratik Kasare · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book, i developed inclination towards reading biographies after this book.
Quick highlights of dhirubhai's life. One can get inspired by his story,his way of handling situation, nicely explained easy language, good quick read.

[Naresh Vanga · Rating 2 out of 5]

True story of a great entrepreneur. Only highlights of his life were mentioned

[Avikalp Gupta · Rating 4 out of 5]

Story of an amazing person. I feel that it has been rushed through, so it was short, but an interesting read.

[Rishav Agrawal · Rating 4 out of 5]

A brief history of Reliance and aDhitubhai whose courage of conviction made it the best in the world.

[Parth Agrawal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Against all odds:A story of courage,perseverance and hope by the MD of Mudra advertising firm AG Krishnamurthy takes you through the life of Dhirubhai Ambani concisely.The book is a brief synopsis of various life events of Dhirubhai Ambani and how he dealt with them.The book begins with a touching foreword by Mukesh Ambani.At the beginning of every chapter either a short witty proverb or a saying by a renowned personality is written which depicts the content of respective chapter.

The author has written the childhood brave and witty acts of Ambani in an encouraging manner and this book is must read for one pursuing a startup and a one in need of inspiration.Ambani's study period in Aden as well as what drive him to species trading business is expressed plainly in this book.Dhirubhai's life instances regarding is instincs,his trustful and daring nature are explained with the help of examples.

Various negative facts about dhirubhai are not written as well as absence of relevant statistics and figures are some of the drawbacks of this book.Overall I would rate 3/5 stars for this book.

[D.J.Vasudevan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short and crisp biography of Dhirubhai Ambani narrated in simple and lucid way.

Ambani doesn't need any introduction ! Does he ?

This book is Quick read though and one can know exactly the highlights of his achievements starting from yarn business to textile legend, telecom new face, petro chemical maestro.

Go for it, if you know nothing about this late business tycoon, how he started a business empire from the scratch as a normal person like you and me.

[Anirudh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dhirubhai Ambani in this biography has been portrayed as a god, which is not very unrealistic given his achievements. The book though highly motivational is a short summary of Dhirubhai Ambani's life.Not detailed for readers wanting to inspect his life thoroughly .

[Rekha]

Good inspirational book..

[Varun · Rating 1 out of 5]

Nothing great about this book

[Jai · Rating 3 out of 5]

#BooksIRead makes for an Insiprational read

[Bharath Kota · Rating 1 out of 5]

Felt like a school reader. Absolutely pitiable.