In this bold and erudite book, Rao reveals Gandhi to be both a truly global figure and a formative and lucid thinker about the purpose of business, whose relevance has only grown as we face the grand challenges of our own times. ― Geoffrey Jones, Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, Harvard Business School

Be prepared to be schooled and surprised by Gandhi's delightful avatars - the worldly ascetic, who was the enemy of poverty; the pragmatist, openly experimenting; the trustee, who loved the market but not ownership; the imp, always playful - all these and more in Jerry Rao's bracing book.

― Gurcharan Das, author of the Indian trilogy - India Unbound, Difficulty of Being Good, Kama: The Riddle of Desire

Be prepared to be schooled and surprised by Gandhi's delightful avatars - the worldly ascetic, who was the enemy of poverty; the pragmatist, openly experimenting; the trustee, who loved the market but not ownership; the imp, always playful - all these and more in Jerry Rao's bracing book.
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― Gurcharan Das, author of the Indian trilogy - India Unbound, Difficulty of Being Good, Kama: The Riddle of Desire

In this bold and erudite book, Rao reveals Gandhi to be both a truly global figure and a formative and lucid thinker about the purpose of business, whose relevance has only grown as we face the grand challenges of our own times.

― Geoffrey Jones, Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, Harvard Business School

Jaithirth Rao is an Indian entrepreneur. He is the founder and former CEO of MphasiS, a software company. He is also the founder of Value and Budget Housing Corporation, an affordable housing venture which he founded in 2008.