She & Me

Is there somethingike an idealife partner? Kantabai was a wife, daughterinlaw and mother. It was a toughife— a busy and ambitious husband preoccupied by his growing business, aarge family and smalliving quarters. In She & Me, one of India’ s most successful entrepreneurs, Bhavarlal H. Jain, reminiscences about his wife, Kantabai and theirongife together. The book was originally published in Marathi as Ti ani Mi, which went on to become a bestseller. But She & Me is much more than a portrait of a successful marriage. It traces Bhavarlal's journey from a smalltime kerosene oil trader to the head of one of India'sargest business conglomerates. It is also a story of the then and the now, of the times whenarge joint families were the norm, and when family values, traditional and cultural principles were still respected and followed. Above all, it is a tribute to a remarkableady, whose deep inner strength and benevolence moulded not only a family, but also helped to build aarge business empire.