I Do What I Do

By: Raghuram G Rajan   

Pages: 312

Business

My recommendation: 7 / 10

Date read: 6th Oct'17

Brief review: Raghuram Rajan almost had a celebrity status as the governor of RBI during 2013-16. Young, articulative and bold, Rajan is credited with taking several steps to streamline the Indian economy. After a one year silence (after his term got over as RBI), in this book Rajan gives his account of the affairs during his term, the challenges he faced and the difficult decisions he took, the pressure of the bureaucrats and handling the perspective of media which was always a double edged sword. The book incorporates many of his verbatim speeches he gave as the governor of RBI. It's the inside story of Indian economy, the power of top business houses/loan defaulters over the banking system in the matter of NPAs and the challenge to push banks to go deep inside the rural demography of India. He also breaks his silence on the issue of demonetization in India in 2016, his role and views. If you have interest in the Indian banking system and also the economy of a country, you can read this book.