A fascinating account of that period of transition between the 1930s and 1970s in India when big BUSINESS, much of it at the time in the hands of the British, was undergoing change. Told through brief biographies rich in anecdote and the management experiences of over 50 persons who worked in such BUSINESS houses and plantations, Office Chai, Planter’s Brew takes the reader through a period when the foundations were laid for today’s giant BUSINESSES and the management practices in them.
It is a book as much for the general reader seeking a peep into the lives and times of British and Indians who once worked closely together and made the best of it despite their differences, as it is a book for businessmen, managers, students of business and management, and business associations and educational institutions. Compiled by a veteran journalist and a long-time freelance writer, Office Chai, Planter’s Brew is an easy-to-read narrative that’s both human stories as well learning experiences in environments ranging from Calcutta and Assam to Cochin and the Nilgiris, from Madras to the mofussil.
It is a book as much for the general reader seeking a peep into the lives and times of British and Indians who once worked closely together and made the best of it despite their differences, as it is a book for businessmen, managers, students of business and management, and business associations and educational institutions. Compiled by a veteran journalist and a long-time freelance writer, Office Chai, Planter’s Brew is an easy-to-read narrative that’s both human stories as well learning experiences in environments ranging from Calcutta and Assam to Cochin and the Nilgiris, from Madras to the mofussil.
