As per the publisher, the author has trimmed back the first part of his previous book, the Polyester Prince, and expanded the material to focus more on the feuding brothers and offering key insights into India's transformation into a global economic powerhouse.
"Ambani saga tells a bigger story about modern India, not only as an economic powerhouse, but about the complicated link between the government and big businesses," the publisher said. The story of how Dhirubhai started as a simple trader and rose "during an era of ridiculously strict government controls" to become one of the most powerful men in India makes one think about how much the country has changed, the Wall Street Journal said.
"The chapters on how the brothers have fought each other and worked to expand their own empires makes the reader think about how much has remained the same," the report said. As far as the publisher's opinion is concerned, Dhirubhai Ambani was a rags-to-riches Indian tycoon whose company Reliance is now one of India's major corporations. "His sons Anil and Mukesh took over after his death in 2002 and the respective arms of the company are bigger than the parent ever was," it said.
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