Dhandha : How Gujaratis Do Business

RANDOM HOUSE INDIA

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DHANDHA: How Gujaratis Do Business Author: Shobha Bondre Translator: Translator: Shalaka Walimbe Key note: Life stories of ve distinguished Gujarati businessmen, celebrating the inherent spirit of entrepreneurship in the Gujarati community

Description: WHAT MAKES THE GUJARATIS SUCH AN ENTERPRISING LOT? HOW DO THEY MANAGE TO CREATE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES?

Dhandha, meaning business, is a term often used in common trade parlance in India. But there is no other community that fully embodies what the term stands for than the Gujaratis. Shobha Bondre’s Dhandha  Dhandha is the story of a few such Gujaratis: Jaydev Patel—the New York Life Insurance agent credited with having sold policies worth $2.5 billion so far; Bhimjibhai Patel—one of  the country’s biggest diamond merchants and co-founder of the ambitious ‘Diamond Nagar’ in Surat; Dalpatbhai Patel—the motelier who went on to become the mayor of Manseld County; Mohanbhai Patel—a former Sheriff of Mumbai and the leading manufacturer of aluminium collapsible tubes; and Hersha and Hasu Shah—owners of over a hundred hotels in the US. www.randomhouse.co.in 9 788184 003123

Imprint: Random Business Publication: May, 2013 Rs 199 Price: ISBN: 9788184003123 Subject: Non-ction BIC Code: KJH Binding: Paperback  Size: 129 x 198 mm Extent: 296 pp. World Rights:

Travelling across continents—from Mumbai to the United States—in search of their story and the  Dhandha showcases the powerful ambition, incredible capacity for  common values that bond them, Dhandha hard work, and the inherent business sense of the Gujaratis.

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A note on the author Shobha Bondre is a celebrated and much-published Marathi writer. She has been writing for the last 25 years and has published 13 books, many of them bestsellers that have gone into over 25 editions.

The non-Marathi reading world is now keen to read her works and her books are being translated into English, Hindi, and Gujarati. She has written articles, short stories, and columns for prestigious  Maharashtra Times, Loksatta, Loksatta, Lokprabha, Lokprabha, Maher, Maher, Kirloska Kirloskar  r , etc. She has also  publications  publications like the Maharashtra written dialogues for many popular Marathi TV serials like Abhalmaya,  Abhalmaya, Manasi, Manasi, Oon Paaus, Paaus, and  Ardhangin  Ardhangini. i. In the last few years, personality proles of people from various walks of life has become Shobha’s forte. For this, she interacts closely with her subjects, understanding them in their social, familial, emotional, and economic settings. She has won many literary awards for her work, including the Maharashtra State Award Award for Best Novel in 1997, for Saata for Saata Samudrapar. Shobha Bondre