'The Inheritors' book review: Family values seen in entrepreneurship tales

It is easy to feel that the protagonists are sharing their fears and their deepest, heartfelt emotions with readers

The Inheritors 

Stories of Entrepreneurship and Success

Sonu Bhasin

Penguin Random House

248 pages; Rs 299

Family businesses have been the backbone of the Indian economy since Independence and played a significant role in nation-building even before that. However, in the era of the Mallyas, Modis and Choksis they have received bad press, a few rotten apples impairing public perception about the rest. Positive stories are hard to come by. Sonu Bhasin’s The Inheritors fills this gap by narrating the stories of grit, gumption and guts of the next generation of some of India’s well-known family businesses. The exception being Motilal Oswal and Raamdeo