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A gambler in the casino called Wall Street

Mr Gupta is a raconteur par excellence. His autobiographical account could give any good work of fiction a run for its money

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(Book cover) Play it right

Sanjay Kumar Singh
Play it right
Author: Kamal Gupta
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages: 276
Price: Rs 799

Somerset Maugham once wrote that the majority of people live their lives like tramcars, shuttling from one end of the line to the other, and back. Each day they set out from their home for their workplace and then return in the evening. On their way back, they may take a detour for shopping or a drink. That is the sum total of the variety their systems can ingest.

But some people are wired differently. They seek out novelty and adventure. If they find their current job unexciting, they chuck it and venture