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Nice Hero Username: Nice Post Number: 15071 Registered: 05-2009 Posted From: 122.174.189.140 Rating: N/A |
Eeyane last year 491 cars and 200 flats gift ga ichindhi diwali ki Remember the Surat-based diamond merchant, who became famous worldwide for distributing 491 cars and 200 flats as Diwali bonus to nearly 1,200 of his employees in 2015? The benevolent billionaire has done it again, this time gifting 400 flats and 1,260 cars to his employees on the occasion of Diwali. | ||
Nice Hero Username: Nice Post Number: 15070 Registered: 05-2009 Posted From: 122.174.189.140 Rating: N/A |
Amazing In an effort to wean his son from a life of silver-spooned privilege, a Gujarati diamond merchant and proprietor of a Surat-based Rs 6,000 crore company with presence in 71 countries, persuaded his only son to go to Kochi incognito and survive on odd jobs for a month. Dravya Dholakia, 21, doing an MBA in the US and on a holiday in India, arrived in Kochi on June 21 with three pairs of clothes and Rs 7,000 that his father instructed should be used only in an emergency. "I gave him three conditions: I told my son that he needs to work to earn his money and he couldn't work at a place for more than a week; that he can't use his father's identity nor use the mobile phone nor Rs 7,000 taken from home for a month. I wanted him to understand life and how the poor struggle to get a job and money. No university can teach you these life skills except experience," Savji Dholakia, proprietor of Hare Krishna Diamond exports, told TOI over phone from Surat. Incidentally, Dholakia had hit the headlines after his firm gifted cars and flats to employees as bonus. Dravya accepted the challenge and it was decided that he would go to a place he was not familiar with and where the language would be new to him and search for a job. "He decided to come to Kochi as he didn't know Malayalam and Hindi is not commonly spoken there," said Dholakia. But little did he know what was in store after he landed here. |