Legal Eagles - Indu Bhan (2015)

The book talks about the current generation lawyers. The legacy that has been created by the likes of Mr. Ram Jethmalani, Mr. Fali S. Nariman or Mr. Nani Palkhiwala etc. over decades have now being leveraged by the following seven eminent names. There are other eminent names as well but the book avoids controversy of getting too involved with active political faces. They are:

1. Mr. Harish Salve
2. Mr. Mukul Rohtagi
3. Mr. Abhishek Singhvi
4. Mr. Arvind Datar
5. Mr. Aryama Sundaram
6. Mr. Prashant Bhuashan
7. Mr. Rohington Nariman

Couple of points to be taken from lives of all the lawyers:

1. They have been hardworking
2. Have been highly meticulous in what they have pursued
3. Have struggled to rise to where they have reached
4. Most importantly, have kept a clarity of professional vs personal life when it comes to balancing life.
5. Avoided unnecessary confrontation with the judiciary or judge while advocating their clients views. 

Surprisingly, all of these have seen their parents pursuing equally important legal positions in their lives so has early exposure to some of the nuances of the legal system. But the struggle they have faced are still real. While the book talks about some of the landmark cases, these eminent men have been exponents of the details are quite weak. It only focuses on the judgments and final decision by the judges. When days of legal argument has preceded those judgments they must be given some clear explanation in the book. The book has been toned down too much to support non-legal audience. 

The Mughal High Noon - Ascent of Aurangjeb - Srinivas Rao Adige (2015)

Yet another fictionalization of a historical event. Mostly soporific. Did not actually create a distinct interest in the subject matter. From personality standpoint, needless to say Shuja and Murad were outright leading a life for entertainment and pleasure. Cruelty was coming out in all the Moghul siblings other than Dara. Aurangjeb is described as a sensible (within his domain of sensiblity), cannot be compared to morals of today's society. For example. Dara's multi-religious viewpoints are considered outside the moral realm of Aurangjeb. Some chapters have significant story telling while some are summarized with editorial notes level of details. The author kind of got bored how and where to end the story. For example, the story does not cover capture of Dara but just summarizes in the last chapter as after thoughts of Aurangjeb's death bed. But, Murad and Aurangjeb's association has been described in great details.

Only good thing about the story is it's short can be read within a few hours. Otherwise, it does not give much of an intellectual gain on the topic. A very average attempt.

Cracking the Code - Ayusmann Khurana and Tahira Kashyap (2015)

The book is short. It's a breeze reading. The codes were unnecessary. The storytelling is good. But deriving moral success factors is not entirely important. It would have been just fine if audience had to just derive their success factors themselves. I think the author just wanted to keep there story different. Overall a good book. Fairly non-controversial and easy read. You get to understand the level headed relaxed actor Ayusman Khuranna is.