The Inheritors by Sonu Bhasin

The Inheritors is a non fiction book about the stories of Indian entrepreneurs who have been in their respective businesses since generations.  Every person whom Sonu has interviewed for this book is either a fourth or a fifth generation of a business family.

The length of these interviews are not too short that a reader would long for more and not too long that a reader might feel that a lot of unnecessary information is being given. I won’t call them interviews, I would actually categorise them as short stories about the success of business families and how they have been carried out in all these decades. The stories are crisp, interesting,motivating and also brings out some aspects which a common person may not be knowing at all. For example, the story of Real Fruit juice, how they struggled initially and how it was almost about to get discontinued in the very beginning.

There are many other very interesting stories about these business houses, the story of their struggles in their initial days, their progress and their never say die attitude. After reading this book, I am sure anyone with even a small wish to become an entrepreneur will get fully charged up and start making his or her business plan right away. The book is encouraging, educating, and a joy to read about successful businesses from the owners themselves. The stories reflect each individuals personalities, their vision and how each one is a star in the businessworld.

Sonu’s writing is brilliant, she has not made this book a biographical one, but made into a sort of live snippets from the inheritors themselves, from their own offices or homes, which makes the reading even more interesting to check out how they live in their daily lives. One can visualise how their offices look like, Sonu has successfully managed to give you the feeling of aura when one enters these premises , specially on the chapter about Antara, I could feel myself in Dehra Dun amongst the greenery and peace surrounding myself.

All in all, this is one book, which if you try reading at night before going to bed, will make you get rid of your sleep and will make you get up and read more, and perhaps make you think positive of any failures you might have faced in your life, it will make you feel good, for sure!