About the Book: The Tatas: How a Family Built a Business and a Nation
| WINNER OF THE GAJA CAPITAL BUSINESS BOOK PRIZE | The nineteenth century was
an exciting time of initiative and enterprise around the world. If John D.
Rockefeller was creating unimagined wealth in the US that he would put to the
service of the nation, a Parsi family with humble roots was doing the same in
India. In 1822, a boy was born in a priestly household in Gujarats Navsari.
Young Nusserwanji knew early on that his destiny lay beyond his village and
decided to head for Bombay to start a