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Flat for Sale: Mapuca, Goa (Ansabhat) - 10 min walk to Mapuca Market
2 Bedroom-Living-Dining-Kitchen-Bath-Balcony-Terrazo Floors
Great Investment - Winter Getaway
Asking Canadian $ 31,500/- or Indian Rs 10 lakhs
Contact Rosario Fernandes - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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MONDAY MUSE (19 Feb '07)
MAN OF STEEL.
Jamsetji Tata wanted to make textiles in Nagpur in the 1800s with the cotton
grown there. Nagpur had no textile industry then, and in Manchester Jamsetji
was told that Nagpur's weather was not suitable as it was too dry. He said,
'Alright, I will bring the Manchester weather to Nagpur.' He imported
humidifiers and started India's first textile mill in 1874.
Jamshetji started the Tata Iron and Steel Company and wanted to export steel
rails to Britain . A Britisher called Sir Frederick Upcourt scoffed, 'If
Tatas make steel rails to British specifications, I will undertake to eat
every pound of rail that they make.' History stands testimony to the fact
that Tatas did manage to make steel rails and export them to Britain. No
accounts are available about Upcourt' tryst with gastric challenges. In
fact, World War II British tanks were called Tatanagars because the steel
was made in Tatanagar.
Jamshetji pursued his dreams, put together a team, raised the capital,
created a product, and mainstreamed it. He did it sitting in India 125 years
ago when India's technical capabilities were far less than they are now.
When you dream a big dream, surely some of it gets translated into reality.
If you do not dream at all, what do you finally get in reality? A century
ago, Jamsetji took some foreign visitors to the Majestic Hotel in Mumbai but
was denied entrance because he was an Indian. Jamsetji simply resolved to
build a hotel that was even finer, and which would not discriminate against
people based on colour or race.
Say 'tata' and 'bye-bye' to the same old way
"develop new dimensions " to seize the day
Regards
Pravin
19 Feb '07, Goa.
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