<p>Hamish Mcdonald, whose book on the saga of Reliance was banned in 1998 in India after the corporate house moved court, has come out with the poser in his book ‘Mahabharata in Polyester — the making of world’s richest brothers and their feud’ to be released on September 1 in Australia.<br /><br />“Big brother Mukesh Ambani seemed to have learned more from his father and has often taken the upper hand in the squabbles with his brother,” Mcdonald was quoted by the ‘Wall Street Journal’ as saying in the book.<br /><br />“To say that the sibling tycoons are not close is an understatement; their feud — personal and business — is an extraordinary story (in) itself,” according to the book’s promo by the Australian publisher, University of New South Wales Press.<br />When contacted, the spokesperson of Mukesh Ambani-led group Reliance Industries in Mumbai declined to comment. No comments could be obtained from Anil Ambani group either.<br /><br />According to the excerpts of the book by McDonald, “There was also a curious role-reversal. Mukesh had become the high-life socialite, with estimates of the cost of building his (high-rise mansion in Mumbai) Antilla getting ever larger despite his attempts to downplay them.”<br /><br />Commenting on the younger Ambani, the writer says: “The perceived playboy Anil was portrayed as more ascetic, making frequent pilgrimages to Hindu shrines, even journeying on foot to circle the holy Mansarovar Lake and Mount Kailash in Tibet. “He ran daily for kilometers before dawn and stayed in cheap business hotels instead of luxury suites on his travels.”<br /><br />On the infamous years-long succession battle that led to the division of Reliance empire, he says that communication between them came down to stiff press comments by spokesmen and mounting number of court actions. “However, both were said to put on a display of politeness at weekly breakfasts with their mother at Sea Wind.”<br />The book, which the author wants also to be published from India, comes incidentally within months of reconciliation between the two brothers.<br />Recalling the story of Dhirubhai, the author asks in the book: “So what to make of Dhirubhai Ambani: revolutionary business guru or unsurpassed corruptor, or both?<br />PTI</p>
<p>Hamish Mcdonald, whose book on the saga of Reliance was banned in 1998 in India after the corporate house moved court, has come out with the poser in his book ‘Mahabharata in Polyester — the making of world’s richest brothers and their feud’ to be released on September 1 in Australia.<br /><br />“Big brother Mukesh Ambani seemed to have learned more from his father and has often taken the upper hand in the squabbles with his brother,” Mcdonald was quoted by the ‘Wall Street Journal’ as saying in the book.<br /><br />“To say that the sibling tycoons are not close is an understatement; their feud — personal and business — is an extraordinary story (in) itself,” according to the book’s promo by the Australian publisher, University of New South Wales Press.<br />When contacted, the spokesperson of Mukesh Ambani-led group Reliance Industries in Mumbai declined to comment. No comments could be obtained from Anil Ambani group either.<br /><br />According to the excerpts of the book by McDonald, “There was also a curious role-reversal. Mukesh had become the high-life socialite, with estimates of the cost of building his (high-rise mansion in Mumbai) Antilla getting ever larger despite his attempts to downplay them.”<br /><br />Commenting on the younger Ambani, the writer says: “The perceived playboy Anil was portrayed as more ascetic, making frequent pilgrimages to Hindu shrines, even journeying on foot to circle the holy Mansarovar Lake and Mount Kailash in Tibet. “He ran daily for kilometers before dawn and stayed in cheap business hotels instead of luxury suites on his travels.”<br /><br />On the infamous years-long succession battle that led to the division of Reliance empire, he says that communication between them came down to stiff press comments by spokesmen and mounting number of court actions. “However, both were said to put on a display of politeness at weekly breakfasts with their mother at Sea Wind.”<br />The book, which the author wants also to be published from India, comes incidentally within months of reconciliation between the two brothers.<br />Recalling the story of Dhirubhai, the author asks in the book: “So what to make of Dhirubhai Ambani: revolutionary business guru or unsurpassed corruptor, or both?<br />PTI</p>
