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The Giving Tree

The Giving Tree

(Penguin Petit)

Milind Khandekar
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‘Till the palaash tree has leaves, don’t think of yourself as poor.’
This was the motto of Ashok Khade’s father. It was a tough one to remember when a single mistake Ashok made—a stumble that spilled a pack of flour—meant that his family would go hungry. The crippling famine of 1975 forced Ashok to give up his college education to keep his family afloat. From his dreams of becoming a doctor he was forced to face reality as a welding apprentice on a ship dockyard. But that did not stop him.
Through hard work, strategic thinking and enormous courage, Ashok built his own company from scratch, DAS Offshore. He called himself K. Ashok so that his caste would not define his success, and fought to make his company one of the most respected and upstanding in its field—and in the process became a Dalit Millionaire.
Read on to find out how he did it.

Imprint: Penguin

Published: Jul/2017

Length : 12 Pages

MRP : ₹15.00

The Giving Tree

(Penguin Petit)

Milind Khandekar

‘Till the palaash tree has leaves, don’t think of yourself as poor.’
This was the motto of Ashok Khade’s father. It was a tough one to remember when a single mistake Ashok made—a stumble that spilled a pack of flour—meant that his family would go hungry. The crippling famine of 1975 forced Ashok to give up his college education to keep his family afloat. From his dreams of becoming a doctor he was forced to face reality as a welding apprentice on a ship dockyard. But that did not stop him.
Through hard work, strategic thinking and enormous courage, Ashok built his own company from scratch, DAS Offshore. He called himself K. Ashok so that his caste would not define his success, and fought to make his company one of the most respected and upstanding in its field—and in the process became a Dalit Millionaire.
Read on to find out how he did it.

Buying Options
Paperback / Hardback
Ebooks

Milind Khandekar

Milind Khandekar has over twenty-two years of experience in the field of journalism. He is currently managing editor at Media Content and Communications Services (I) Pvt. Ltd (MCCS), and looks after the editorial content of ABP News, ABP Ananda and ABP Majha. He has previously worked with the Navbharat Times and Aaj Tak. He is a product of the Times Centre for Media Studies, and received the Rajendra Mathur Award for best trainee (Hindi) in 1991.

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