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we had all agreed on the candidate, how can you suddenly change?" Raj Kumar, however, didn't relent. Since his group had the majority, he said, the choice would be theirs. PB bluntly told him off and his coterie. Vallabh Vijay Smarak established in memory of Jain Acharya Vallabh Vijay Suri, he said, had become N.K.Jain Smarak (after Raj Kumar's family company, Enkay Jain Rubbers).
PB's philosophy of life is in-depth and he is a real living legend, who has understood the spirit of living and his responsibility towards society. He is focused and straight forward. His art of communication touches the heart. My husband, Abhay, and I are extremely fond of this 95 year old young man, and salute his Devotion, Determination and Dedication.
Mrs. Aruna Oswal is the wife of well known industrialist and philanthropist Abhay Kumar Oswal. She is an active social worker.
Mr. Manubhai Bhakta Senior Partner, Kanga and Company, a leading law firm in Mumbai I first met Pratap Bhogilal at the Indian Merchants Chamber (IMC), when Dr. Rusi Cooper was its president. He was the vice-president.
In 1980 we - Kanga and Company - became solicitors to Batliboi after Tanubhai Desai, who had been their solicitor, took ill and quit. I was also on the Board of Batliboi for 10 years from 1980.
Sometime in the early '80s, IMC had organised a trip to China. My wife Ramila and I were on that trip, so were Pratapbhai and his wife Bhagwatiben. We became good friends during the tour. I remember, in the Beijing Hotel, PB surprised us by going into the kitchen and organizing vegetable cutlets for dinner, not just for the four of us but all the vegetarians in the group. It was amazing how he communicated with the Chinese chef who didn't know the English language and Pratapbhai didn't understand Chinese. He also found out the name of a red pepper preparation called Lomazo and asked for it in whichever restaurant we went to in China.
Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status - Laurence J. Peter
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