Reading Room: "I can read all, from fiction to management books": L S Krishnan

L S Krishnan, business head, Amagi Media adores his childhood reads and remembers all of them, even though may not remember about his most recent meetings.

Currently, I am reading two books simultaneously. One is The Innovator's DNA, by Clayton Christensen and Jeff Dyer, which has helped me to challenge some of the myths that we have about innovators and when I look around me, I see a lot of innovators in our daily lives - many of them will not be written about!

The other one that I'm reading is Whatever the Odds, The Incredible Story Behind DLF by K P Singh. Though we see the success of an enterprise, we do not see the struggle behind it most often. This book gives a ringside view of K P Singh's character which made DLF what it is today.

I generally don't have any specific choice of genres. I read from a range of fiction (Indian authors such as R K Narayan, Manohar Malgaonkar and Satyajit Ray) to management books. Though I must confess I still enjoy reading my daughter's collection of Asterix & Obelix.

Well, having said that, I do have few of my favourites, which includes 2 States by Chetan Bhagat "I am a South Indian, born and brought up in Delhi, and I could relate to the traits of a Tamil and Punjabi family. It really connected with me and I enjoyed the humour in all its originality. My other favourite is The Secret Letters of the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, by Robin Sharma.

Next, I will read Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen.

As for my childhood reading, I remember all the books ranging from Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Enid Blyton, Tintin, Amar Chitra Katha and Ruskin Bond. I can even tell the characters!! But, ask me about what meetings I had last week and I will not remember (laughs)!!