

Travelling across continentsfrom Mumbai to the United Statesin search of their story and the common values that bond them, Dhandha Shobha Bondres Dhandha is the story of a few such Gujaratis: Jaydev Patelthe New York Life Insurance agent credited with having sold policies worth $2.5 billion so far Bhimjibhai Patelone of the countrys biggest diamond merchants and co-founder of the ambitious Diamond Nagar in Surat Dalpatbhai Patelthe motelier who went on to become the mayor of Mansfield County Mohanbhai Patela former Sheriff of Mumbai and the leading manufacturer of aluminiumĬollapsible tubes and Hersha and Hasu Shahowners of over a hundred hotels in the US. What the term stands for than the Gujaratis. But there is no other community that fully embodies Maharashtra State Award for Best Novel in 1997, for Saata Samudrapar.ĭhandha, meaning business, is a term often used in common trade She has won many literary awards for her work, including the She interacts closely with her subjects, understanding them in their social, familial, emotional,Īnd economic settings. Personality profiles of people from various walks of life have become Shobhas forte. TV serials like Abhalmaya, Manasi, Oon Paaus, and Ardhangini. She has also written dialogues for many popular Marathi Stories, and columns for prestigious publications like the Maharashtra Times, Loksatta,

The non-Marathi reading world is now keen to read her works and herīooks are being translated into English, Hindi, and Gujarati. The last 25 years and has published 13 books, many of them bestsellers that have gone into Shobha Bondre is a celebrated and much published Marathi writer. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction of the Author. Travelling across continents-from Mumbai to the United States-in search of their story and the common values that bond them, Dhandha showcases the powerful ambition, incredible capacity for hard work, and the inherent business sense of the Gujaratis.Book Review: Dhandha-How Guajaratis Do Business

Shobha Bondre's Dhandha is the story of a few such Gujaratis: Jaydev Patel-the New York Life Insurance agent credited with having sold policies worth $2.5 billion so far Bhimjibhai Patel-one of the country's biggest diamond merchants and co-founder of the ambitious 'Diamond Nagar' in Surat Dalpatbhai Patel-the motelier who went on to become the mayor of Mansfield County Mohanbhai Patel-a former Sheriff of Mumbai and the leading manufacturer of aluminium collapsible tubes and Hersha and Hasu Shah-owners of over a hundred hotels in the US. But there is no other community that fully embodies what the term stands for than the Gujaratis. Dhandha, meaning business, is a term often used in common trade parlance in India. It is Hindi translation of the English version of Dhandha: How Gujratis Do Business, translated by Shalaka Waimbe.
