A Day of Books: Printers' Favourite Reads

A Day of Books: Printers' Favourite Reads

For Anand Limaye, it's Aushadhi Vishwakosh. "Authored by Dr Mandar Joshi, this Marathi book is a research of 150 drugs, and how they are being used in homeopathy, allopathy, ayurveda, unani etc." The book is printed and published by India Printing Works

"I enjoyed reading Ayn Rand's The Fountain Head besides enjoying reading all the books of James Hadlee Chase," said Dev Nair

"One book which has left an impact on me is 50 influences by Iqbal Kherodawala. The writing is impeccable and the illustrations and execution are brilliant, too. It features several members of the printing fraternity and makes me want to pick it up from time to time and read the anecdotal text." - Faheem Agboatwala

Girish Rao picks David J Schwartz's The Magic of Thinking Big as his favourite read book

Currently, JP Vasandani's favourite is Self Encounter by Sirshree Tejparkhi. The first three editions published by Macmillan India in 2005 and 2006 and the fourth edition published by O! Publishing in 2012

An avid reader, Mehul Desai has more than one on his list. "To give one name would be tough. I can't make up mind which among the three is the best; The Mattress Circle by Robert Ludlum, Airport by Arthur Hailey and Mario Puzo'sThe Godfather

The epic high-fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien tops Mahesh Reddiar's list. He loves the three volume epic.

Ladakh, printed at Pragati, is Narendra Paruchuri's favourite. "I consider this as one of finest work we have done. It will remain my favorite always."

Siddhartha Kejriwal rates Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors by Michael Porter as a 'great management book and a must read'

"One of the books which I really like is The Heart of Change - Real-life Stories of How People Change Their Organisations by John P Kotter. The book states why organisation changes are so difficult," says Snehangshu Ganguly

Vasant Goel says, "The Little Prince, a novella and classic by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry."

"Jugaad Innovation. Very appropriate for our industry," says Anuj Bhargava

For CDC's Manu Chaudhary, the Seagull catalogue 2011-2012, specifically the one with the leather soft cover, takes the cake

"Sacred India Book by Amit Pasricha, which is the winner of the Incredible India Award," says Pankaj Mehta of Reproscan