A Tata man

His hierarchy comprised Zarthost Saheb, Tata saheb (sir) and aapro Rajo (our king, George V and George VI, not Edward VIII whose abdication of the throne for an American divorcee he did not approve of). Forty years before he was born in Khergam, a tiny hamlet near Navsari, the lifelong subject of his reverence, Jamsetji Tata, founder of the House of Tatas had been born in a nondescript house in Dastur Vad in Motafalia, not too far from our mythical Seervai Vad. The eldest son of a farmer, he was a duffer and enjoyed peeling vegetables more than learning the......



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