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For those looking for the banned book "The Polyester Prince: The Rise of Dhirubhai Ambani" ... here's the link to donwload: https://www.dropbox.com/s/e1kdqqnqpl9uhfv/The-Polyester-Prin...


Its a very good read. The family is lauded as heroic for their meteoric rise. The amount of cheating and bribing that they did to get there doesn't get that much attention. And to be clear, in a system where the laws are selectively applied, that might be the only path to business success, and they were able to exploit it to the max.


Heroic and reliance is a reversal of the meaning of the word.


The book doesnt seem to be banned https://www.amazon.in/Polyester-Prince-rise-Dhirubhai-Ambani...

What you are posting is a pirated copy.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Polyester_Prince

Wikipedia shows it was banned from being published in india. Interestingly, the citations are pointing to a 404 page. From bit of googling, I can find post from wire [0].

Interesting edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Polyester_Pri...

Btw, you can find listing of many banned items on amazon. That doesn't mean they are not banned or illegal. Plus, it seems that book is from international sources because 30k is a huge amount in India. That's more than the average salary here monthly.

0] https://thewire.in/books/the-unhappy-prince-how-dhirubhai-am...


lol the book is selling for Rs30,000 used on amazon. New books cost Rs300.

What you are posting is a self certificate of ignorance.


Are you endorsing piracy on HN?


He's just closing the gap between people who want the book but can't pay. It's just arbitrage, don't worry.


The article mentions that it was banned [1] and links to this [2].

[1] - "...The Polyester Prince, a book with enough entertaining anecdotes about Ambani’s business career that he got it banned after publication."

[2] - https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/pirates-bring-ambani-bo...


Update: It seems the book is available to download for free https://www.goodreads.com/ebooks/download/265513.The_Polyest...


In amazon.com.au, it is only available in paperback and cost "from $420"

Nah I will take the pirated copy thanks




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