SHANKAR PRASAD
Outlook Business|December 2024
C'EST LA VIE - MY FAVOURITE
SHANKAR PRASAD

CEO & Founder, Plum

Favourite Book

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. I read it years ago and the impact has been life-changing. It made me realise how insignificant we are in the grander scheme of the evolving universe, and see ourselves as part of, instead of the creators of, what’s around us.

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