Description:
Life stories of five distinguished Gujarati businessmen, celebrating the inherent spirit of entrepreneurship in the Gujarati communityWhat 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. Innately business- minded and highly persevering, their entrepreneurial spirit has led them to taste enviable success in their chosen fields.Shobha Bondres Dhandha is the story of five such Gujaratis Mohanbhai Patel, Bhimjibhai Patel, Jaydev Patel, Dalpatbhai Patel, and Hersha and Hasu Shah. Travelling across continents from Mumbai to the United Statesin search of the story of their life and the common values that bond them, Dhandha showcases the powerful ambition, incredible capacity for hard work, and the inherent business sense of the Gujarati people.
About 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 publications like the Maharashtra Times, Loksatta, Lokprabha, Maher, Kirloskar, etc. She has also written dialogues for many popular Marathi TV serials like Abhalmaya, Manasi, Oon Paaus, and Ardhangini.In the last few years, personality profiles of people from various walks of life has become Shobhas 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 for Best Novel in 1997, for Saata Samudrapar.
