Beyond the Last Blue Mountain - A Life of JRD Tata

Beyond the Last Blue Mountain - A Life of JRD Tata

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Author: R M Lala
Publisher: Penguin
Year: 1993
Language: English
Pages: 402
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9780140169010

Description

A Comprehensive 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.

Divided into four parts the book explores all the most important aspects of JRD’s life. Part I deals with the early years, from JRD’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 JRD'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.

REVIEWS:-

Russi Lala’s well written biography…is a gentle, polished, anecdotal account. An easy read.’

- India Today

‘This is a narrative with precisely the right amount of facts and anecdotes and period colour, conscientiously put together with the devotion and respect one would normally expect from a biographer.’

- The Pioneer

Contents

A Note on the Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Prefaced to the Revised the Updated Edition

Preface to the First Edition

PART I
CHAPTER I
The Heritage

CHAPTER II
Childhood 1904-1915

CHAPTER III
Taj Mahal and Cherry Blossoms

CHAPTER IV
Sooni

CHAPTER V
British School and the French Army

CHAPTER VI
R.D.

CHAPTER VII
Train to Jamshedpur

CHAPTER VIII
Years of Endurance

CHAPTER IX
Meeting Thelly

CHAPTER X
Sir Dorab And Sir Nowroji

PART II
CHAPTER I
When the Skies Were Less Crowded

CHAPTER II
Getting Airborne

CHAPTER III
Song of the Clouds

CHAPTER IV
Tata Air Lines 1933-1946

CHAPTER V
The Magic Carpet

CHAPTER VI
Setting Standards

CHAPTER VII
Night Air Mail

CHAPTER VIII
Nationalization of Airlines

CHAPTER IX
To Be Or Not To Be

CHAPTER X
Triumph and Tragedy Air-India 1948-1964

CHAPTER XI
President of IATA

CHAPTER XII
The Jet Age

CHAPTER XIII
The Emperors Arrive

CHAPTER XIV
Dismissed

PART III

CHAPTER I
Chairman

CHAPTER II
The Making of A Family

CHAPTER III
The War And the British

CHAPTER VI
The Bombay Plan

CHAPTER V
Mission To The West

CHAPTER VI
The Two Top Captains

CHAPTER VII
Cultivating Trust

CHAPTER VIII
The Birth of A Giant

CHAPTER IX
An Empire Expands

CHAPTER X
The Decade of The 1950s

CHAPTER XI
From Empire to Commonwealth

CHAPTER XII
The Indira Gandhi Era

CHAPTER XIII
A Dream Fades And Reappears

PART IV
CHAPTER I
The Professional

CHAPTER II
The Philanthropist

CHAPTER III
The Citizen

CHAPTER IV
Celebrities

CHAPTER V
A Friendship

CHAPTER VI
The Family

CHAPTER VII
Vignettes

CHAPTER VIII
Eventide

CHAPTER IX
Epilogue

CHAPTER X
Appendices

Notes

Index