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Lessons learned the hard way, in print.

Two books drawn from years of building, buying and arguing over property and business in India.

New · Property

Check the Title First

How to buy, build and keep property in India without losing years to it

A guide to buying land, buying a flat and building your own house in India, told through stories rather than checklists. It is sarcastic about the process and serious about the facts: title searches, documents, approvals, and the claims and forged papers that surface years later.

The book's real subject is time. A property dispute in India can run for five to ten years, and that lost time is usually the biggest cost. The aim is to help readers avoid starting that clock in the first place.

Business

Nobody Loses But You

The Downside Every Founder Ignores

An advisory book for anyone starting a business, or watching one struggle. Built on the author's own ventures, it looks at the mistakes that come from planning only for the upside: setting up partnerships loosely, spending without records, and not asking what happens if things go wrong.

It is blunt and mostly serious, with no rules lists, written for readers who want to see the downside before they pay for it.

Listed for information only. Nothing in these books or on this page is legal advice.