LITERATI AND HARPER COLLINS INDIA INVITE YOU TO THE LAUNCH OF
_CLEAR HOLD BUILD_ BY _SUDEEP CHAKRAVARTI_ ON SATURDAY 11TH OCT AT 7 P.M. AT LITERATI. DEAN D'CRUZ WILL BE IN CONVERSATION WITH THE AUTHOR. REVIEW IN BUSINESS STANDARD (DELHI + OTHER METROS) In a world where business goes head-to-head with human rights, _Clear Hold Build _ [1]offers a timely look at 21st century India's human rights flashpoints - Vedanta, Tata Steel, Posco, Kudankulam and more. Sudeep Chakravarti [2] uses his formidable journalistic skills to collate and analyse testimonies of local stakeholders and senior executives, activists, and bureaucrats across conflict zones in India to paint a provocative and hard-hitting picture of market forces trumping the needs of communities that get in their way. Mr Chakravarti's insistence on highlighting the human face of corporate progress isn't just timely, it's overdue...Although "human rights" remains a much maligned word amongst Indian corporates, Mr Chakravarti has sought to bring it to the forefront, start a national-level debate and eventually alter the ways in which corporates and governments interact with local communities...he offers several interesting pointers for responsible business planning and policymaking. No wonder, then, that the book has already made it to the reference list at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad!..._Clear Hold Build _is a fascinating...thought-provoking read. - _BUSINESS STANDARD_ HINDUSTAN TIMES (DELHI, MUMBAI, KOLKATA) Sudeep Chakravarti's new book offers a checklist of human rights for government and big business. This, he believes, will reduce conflict with local communities. A balanced book with excellent reportage from areas that have been flashpoints of resistance, _Clear.Hold.Build_ points out that it makes economic sense for businesses to be considerate when it comes to issues of land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation. -_HINDUSTAN TIMES___ TEHELKA Here is a spirited riposte to the cloyingly smooth and dangerously apathetic tales that are told about big business and its commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Sudeep Chakravarti rips apart the shibboleth of lies that surrounds the actual reality regarding flashpoints such as Vedanta, Tata Steel, Posco and Kudankulam, and this surely is highly valuable reportage with strong analytical inputs...the metaphor of our distressingly myopic times has been effectively brought out in this riveting narrative...devastatingly written... -- _TEHELKA_ BLOG BY DR RISHIKESHA KRISHNAN, DIRECTOR, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT-INDORE (FORMER PROF OF CORPORATE STRATEGY, IIM-BANGALORE) >From Jugaad to Systemic Innovation (4 October 2014) http://jugaadtoinnovation.blogspot.in/2014/10/clear-hold-build-prompts-fresh-look-at.html [3] MILLENNIUM POST (DELHI) Citizens of (India) have for long been force-fed a certain idea about development and have been blinded into believing that anyone opposed to it is an enemy of the state and the Constitution of the country. Chakravarti's book is an eye-opener to how the proponents of this idea of development flout norms and constitutional tenets - the very aspects they seek refuge under when questioned for accountability...He shows us how gullible stakeholders are manipulated and made to pay the price for development...Unlike a lot of literature on government and corporate world functioning in conflict zones, this book offers solutions too...Chakravarti's book must be read by all those who have taken sides in this great divide of state vs non state. We might just stumble upon certain unexplored ideas and unseen facts. - _MILLENNIUM POST___ PRESS TRUST OF INDIA (ALL INDIA) How can these conflicts, that cost billions of dollars to businesses apart from thwarting Indian economy and fuelling Maoist rebellion, be minimised and possibly avoided? 'Free, prior and informed consent' of not just governments and corporations but also of the project-affected-communities should be a must before MoUs are inked in Delhi, suggests Chakravarti. However, Chakravarti's argument buttressing the importance of 'free, prior, informed consent' is not just a moral argument but also a business one. More than anything it makes good business sense, writes Chakravarti, to minimise areas of conflict with project-affected-communities and ensure force is not used even by governments for land acquisition process, as locals often see administration as an extension of corporate will. - PRESS TRUST OF INDIA See you at Literati! __ ------------------------- Links: ------ [1] http://www.business-standard.com/search?type=news|+|amp|+|q=Clear+Hold+Build [2] http://www.business-standard.com/search?type=news|+|amp|+|q=Sudeep+Chakravarti [3] http://jugaadtoinnovation.blogspot.in/2014/10/clear-hold-build-prompts-fresh-look-at.html