Beyond the Last Blue Mountain: A Life of J.R.D. TataAn exhaustive and unforgettable portrait of India's greatest and most respected industrialist. Written with J.R.D. Tata's co-operation, this superb biography tells the J.R.D. story from his birth to 1993, the year in which he died in Switzerland. The book is divided into four parts: Part I deals with the early years, from J.R.D's birth in France in 1904 to his accession to the chairmanship of Tatas, India's largest industrial conglomerate, at the age of thirty-four; Part II looks at his forty-six years in Indian aviation (the lasting passion of J.R.D's life) which led to the initiation of the Indian aviation industry and its development into one of India's success stories; Part III illuminates his half-century-long stint as the outstanding personality of Indian industry; and Part IV unearths hitherto unknown details about the private man and the public figure, including glimpses of his long friendships with such people as Jawaharlal Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and his association with celebrities in India and abroad. |
Contents
The Heritage | 3 |
Taj Mahal And Cherry Blossoms | 20 |
Train To Jamshedpur | 42 |
Meeting Thelly | 59 |
When The Skies Were Less Crowded | 81 |
Song Of The Clouds | 97 |
The Magic Carpet | 111 |
Night Air Mail | 125 |
An Empire Expands | 251 |
The Decade Of The 1950s | 258 |
From Empire To Commonwealth | 267 |
The Indira Gandhi Era | 273 |
A Dream Fades And Reappears | 282 |
Part IV | 289 |
The Philanthropist | 299 |
The Citizen | 308 |
To Be Or Not To Be | 141 |
Triumph And Tragedy | 149 |
Part III | 181 |
Chairman | 195 |
The Making Of A Family | 202 |
The War And The British | 211 |
The Bombay Plan | 219 |
Mission To The West | 225 |
The Two Top Captains | 233 |
The Birth Of A Giant | 244 |
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