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A Bank For The Buck: The Story Of HDFC Bank is an account of how HDFC bank, one of India’s largest banks, was created. It is written by celebrated financial journalist Tamal Bandyopadhyay Summary Of The Book A Bank For The Buck: The Story Of HDFC Bank is an acclaimed book that details the rise of one of the largest banks, by assets and market capitalization, in India. The book also talks about the different banks that started operations in India during the nineties, some of which have perished and some, like HDFC Bank, which have prospered. To many, the book moves beyond even the banking or financial sector and is a retelling of modern day India through the tales of the business sector. The book is written succinctly and in a way that it can easily appeal to a wide audience. Tamal Bandyopadhyay has highlighted many complex aspects of the Indian financial sector in A Bank For The Buck: The Story Of HDFC Bank. He even describes, in detail, the first merger of two private banks in India, which took place between Times Bank Limited and HDFC Bank. The author highlights the similarities between the different facets to the merger and the crime drama by Akira Kurosawa named Rashomon, with each point of view telling a different tale until the tale is fully fleshed out in the last perspective. The prominent personalities mentioned from the Indian financial sector include Amit Judge, S. P. Talwar and Ashok Jain. A former governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Y. V. Reddy, has written a foreword to the book. About Tamal Bandyopadhyay Tamal Bandyopadhyay is a financial journalist and Deputy Managing Editor of Mint. He is most notable for his journalism work and the former governor of the Reserve Bank of India has applauded him for setting a new standard in the dissemination of information on the Indian financial sector. Bandyopadhyay has a weekly column in Mint called Banker’s Trust that is the second-most widely read financial column and a repository of financial information. He has also hosted a successful show called Banker’s Trust that has featured some of India’s most respected personalities in banking, policy making and regulation. Bandyopadhyay is also a speaker at seminars conducted in India.