Sorry, Not for Sale
Urmila Bhargava
(Eloquent Books, Feb. 18, 2011)
In India, what good is honesty and integrity if it doesn't make you rich? The first requisite of a businessperson in India is to have a lot of greed and love for money to the exclusion of everything else in life. Along with this, one should be prepared to sacrifice everything to achieve success in business, even basic things like self-respect, honor, and, of course, honesty have little or no place in it. Corruption has increased globally. Urmila Bhargava was born to an affluent family of lawyers in British, India. As a young married woman, she lived in the tea districts, enjoying a life of comfort. But all too soon she was repulsed by the unpalatable truth of the British elite that merit alone was not sufficient to achieve success in the corporate world, and that there were other considerations to get promotions. In 1976, after her husband's sudden demise, she became an instant entrepreneur in the field of recycling used oil-even though, at the time, she had no technical knowledge. From politicians to tea planters, government employees to friends and relations, Bhargava gives us an intimate and often startling view of life in India over the past fifty years. She shares with us the challenge of being a businesswoman of uncompromising standards, who, for more than two decades, singlehandedly fought corrupt practices in India-ultimately achieving success in her business, which, up till now, has been the domain of men. About the Author: Urmila Bhargava is the managing director of IFP Petro Products Private Ltd. She holds a Master's Degree in Education from Allahabad University. currently lives in the city of Noida, India, with her children. Publisher's website: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/SorryNotForSale.html
