Join Ishika Kadam as she shares the inspiration and emotional journey behind Forged in Fire—a heartfelt story of family, courage, resilience, and hope.

Listen to the conversation and discover the story behind the book.

What if your leadership style was shaped long before your first job? In this insightful episode, we explore the powerful ideas behind The Leader Was Once a Child by Dr. Kartik Nagendraa and Gauri Das. Discover how childhood experiences influence decision-making, emotional intelligence, communication, resilience, and the way we lead others. Through practical insights and thought-provoking discussions, this conversation challenges conventional leadership thinking and encourages leaders to understand the hidden patterns that shape their professional lives. Whether you're a manager, entrepreneur, coach, or aspiring leader, this episode offers a fresh perspective on building authentic and emotionally aware leadership.

In this episode of the Clever Fox Publishing Podcast, we explore The Man Traps by Kalashree Sengupta—a thought-provoking book that sheds light on emotional manipulation, unhealthy relationship patterns, and the importance of trusting your intuition. Join us as we discuss practical insights that empower readers to recognize red flags, rebuild self-confidence, and foster healthier, more meaningful relationships.

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In this episode of the Clever Fox Publishing Podcast, we sit down with Abhitabh Honap, author of Sandwiched, a compelling novel that explores the challenges of balancing family responsibilities, personal aspirations, and life's ever-changing demands.

Join us as Abhitabh shares the inspiration behind the book, discusses the concept of the "sandwich generation," and reveals how the ancient philosophy of the three Gunas—Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas—shapes the story and its characters. We also delve into the creative process behind the novel, the characters that left a lasting impact on the author, and the key message he hopes readers will take away.

Whether you're a book lover, a member of the sandwich generation, or someone seeking a thoughtful and relatable story, this conversation offers valuable insights and inspiration.

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What can history teach us about thriving in the age of Artificial Intelligence?

In this insightful episode, we sit down with author Dishant Kharbanda to discuss his thought-provoking book, Hacked by History: Seven Secrets of Dominating the Age of AI. Drawing lessons from some of history's most influential leaders, thinkers, and innovators, Dishant reveals seven powerful principles that can help individuals adapt, grow, and stay relevant in a rapidly evolving AI-driven world.

From understanding human potential and decision-making to embracing change and innovation, this conversation explores how timeless wisdom can guide us through one of the most transformative periods in human history.

Whether you're a student, professional, entrepreneur, or simply curious about the future, this episode offers practical insights on building skills, resilience, and a mindset that technology cannot replace.

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The Unscripted Leader: A Practical Indian Leadership Framework for Judgment, Strategy and Self-Leadership

In today’s volatile and complex business environment, leadership is no longer about copying best practices or applying borrowed Western models. It is about judgment in leadership - knowing what to hold on to, what to question, and what to let go when familiar answers stop working.

The Unscripted Leader is a powerful Indian leadership book written for managers, founders, senior professionals, and aspiring executives who must act without ready-made playbooks. As professionals transition from management to leadership roles earlier than ever, they face ambiguity, pressure, and organisational complexity with limited preparation. Conventional theories often fail to reflect Indian realities. This book offers a practical, context-driven alternative.

At its core is a structured leadership framework built around sixteen foundational leadership moves, organised through the 4D Meta-Framework. This model integrates:

Self-leadership and inner drivers

Workplace realities and organisational dynamics

Systems thinking and structural forces

Strategic thinking and agility in uncertain environments

Rather than prescribing formulas or motivational clichés, this book develops clarity of thought, executive maturity, and sound strategic decision-making skills.

The ideas are brought to life through eight in-depth Indian leadership case studies spanning public institutions, private enterprises, healthcare, digital platforms, social enterprises, space, and energy sectors. These real-world contexts highlight trade-offs, dilemmas, unintended consequences, and complex stakeholder dynamics - the true terrain of modern leadership.

This book is especially valuable for:

Managers transitioning into leadership roles

Entrepreneurs and founders scaling organisations

Senior executives strengthening organisational leadership capabilities

Public sector leaders navigating institutional complexity

Professionals committed to long-term leadership development

Unlike many generic business books, this is not a quick-fix guide. It is a self-directed executive leadership development program designed to build judgment, character, and context awareness over time.

If you are searching for a serious business leadership book in India that strengthens strategic clarity, systems insight, and character-driven leadership, The Unscripted Leader provides a practical roadmap for leading with confidence in uncertain times.

Dear Shah Rukh: In Your Shadows, I Found My Light is a soul-stirring memoir of hope, healing, and personal transformation—told through intimate, heartfelt letters written to one of India’s most beloved icons, Shah Rukh Khan.

How do you thank someone who changed your life without ever meeting them?

For Priyanka Srivastava, that someone has always been Shah Rukh Khan. From her very first glimpse of him in Koi Na Koi Chahiye, to her darkest hours during the pandemic, Shah Rukh’s presence—on screen and beyond—became a beacon of hope and emotional strength.

This tender, deeply personal book is a series of reflective letters to the man who, unknowingly, helped shape her identity and gave her the courage to keep going through the highs and lows of her own journey. His movies offered her comfort. His interviews sparked resilience. His story gave her the belief that her own could be rewritten.

Starting from a young girl's innocent crush to a woman navigating love, career, heartbreak, infertility, and eventual healing, Priyanka takes readers through a journey that is both uniquely hers and universally relatable mirroring her belief that love, loss, and perseverance could coexist—and that dreams are worth chasing, even when the odds feel insurmountable.

Written with honesty, humour, and raw vulnerability, this is not just a fan’s tribute—it is an exploration of emotional connection, self-discovery, and the unexpected places we find inspiration.

Whether you are a Shah Rukh Khan admirer or not, you will see your story resonating in the pages of this book. This memoir invites you to reflect on the silent influences that shape our lives. If you’ve ever found solace in a movie, courage in a quote, or inspiration in someone you’ve never met—this story is for you.

For the dreamers, believers, and seekers—this is your story too.

Because sometimes, the shadows of those we admire… help us find our own light."

Zigrex Codex: The Discipline of the Risen Zigrex Codex is not a spiritual guide. It is a coded system of breath, will, and reclamation—written for those who waited for divine intervention and received only silence. This is not for the chosen. It is for the abandoned who chose themselves. Crafted from the wreckage of hope and the refusal to bow, this Codex doesn’t preach surrender. It forges sovereignty. For the human who has screamed into the void, been failed by gods, and risen anyway—not with folded hands, but with fire in their lungs. It is a book for the ones who no longer kneel. Who speak to the Divine not as parent, but as peer. Who are done begging and ready to build. This is where belief is replaced with direction, ritual, and encoded force. No fluff. No obedience. Only action. Zigrex Codex weaves together elemental rites, power rituals, and breath-infused practices that awaken command from within. Each section—is a portal, not for escape, but for initiation. These aren’t spells. These are systems. Designed for the modern mystic who wants results, not riddles. Born of grit, not grace, the Codex speaks to the rebel in retreat, the fighter in fatigue, the silent one who never stopped watching. It holds space for sacred rage, sovereign focus, and self-forged magic.
This is not New Age. This is ancient will, upgraded. Whether you once believed and were broken, or never believed at all—this Codex doesn’t ask you to have faith. It asks you to get up. To breathe like it’s a battle. To move like it matters. Because in the end, the altar is within. And power, real power, begins when the waiting ends. This is not guidance. This is warcraft. This is Zigrex.