CONTENTS Editor s Note vii About the Editor x Introduction xi J.R.D. Tata : A Profil xvii PERSONAL 1 Family Letters 3 Personal Views and Preferences 50 Home Workshop and Other Interests 75 Guiding Principles 87 TOWARDS FREEDOM AND AFTER 91 The War and the British 93 Industrial Mission, 1945 99 1947 and After 110 AVIATION 117 The Beginnings 121 Management 132 Flight Notes 166 Major Events 186 Advice and Consent 224 MANAGING MEN 239 Managing Business 241 Colleagues 256 Employees and Shareholders 263 Nostalgia 275 CITY, NATION AND BEYOND 285 A Citizen's Concerns 287 Economic and Industrial Scenario 309 The Political Scene 352 Family Planning 370 Business Ethics 384 PROMINENT PERSONALITIES, FRIENDS AND OTHERS 397 Prominent Personalities 401 Friends 462 Others 476 THE LAST LETTERS 489 J.R.D. TATA: CHRONOLOGY AT A GLANCE 495 INDEX 499