Real-world banking

The book raises quite a few questions on other important issues concerning the financial sector

The Custodian of Trust: A banker’s memoir

Author: Rajnish Kumar

Publisher: Penguin

Pages:  261

Price: Rs 699

Three years is too short a time to make any meaningful impact on any organisation, more so when it’s as large an entity as the State Bank of India. But Rajnish Kumar has come up with an interesting memoir, helped by four factors.

One, Mr Kumar knows how to tell a good story that touches a chord with readers. The substantive part of the book is all of 210 pages and, therefore, a quick read. That and the de-jargonised explanations will be a big draw for readers who may