Whatever The Odds

Few stories in Indian real estate match that of DLF. The company began by developing many of Delhi's major residential colonies. In the 1970s it turned its attention to Gurgaon, which grew from a small town into a city of skyscrapers, now an international business hub and a place where young professionals come to live and work.

The life of the man who revived the company and led it to enormous success is even more remarkable. K. P. Singh's path ran from a small town in Uttar Pradesh to England, where he moved in high society, and then back to India for an army career, before he took charge of DLF.

Whatever the Odds covers it all, from small details to the big picture. It gives an absorbing account of doing business in India in a politically charged climate, and it tells of a personal life marked by challenges and by triumphs over odds that would have beaten most people.