Journalism of Courage
One of the countrys greatest corporate success stories will now be available to readers in Marathi with the launch of the Marathi version of the book The TCS Story And Beyond on Thursday. Penned by the vice-chairman of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) S Ramadorai,the book gives an account of the journey of the company.
The book was launched by the Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday in the city. Terming it as a great story of India,Chavan said,This is what India is all about. The credit goes to Ramadorai for bringing the story out which could have otherwise gone unnoticed.
The book tracks the progress of the company from smaller beginnings to its current position as one the worlds foremost IT companies,interspersed with Ramadorais thoughts and memories about the company and his private life.
Translated by Suvarna Bedekar,the Marathi version is the first in what Ramadorai hopes will be a series of translations in other languages. I wanted to reach out to a wider audience with translations and the Marathi version is the first such initiative, said Ramadorai while addressing the gathering at the Senapati Bapat branch of Crossword where the book was unveiled.
Ramadorai expressed hope that readers in Maharashtra will find the story inspiring,particularly in Pune,which he deemed to be the intellectual capital of the country.
He emphasised that the book was not meant to be a management handbook or a technology bible but an interesting story.
When I narrated stories about TCS, people would say they did not know certain facts about the company. Sometimes I found that people even had wrong perceptions about it. So when the idea of writing this book was suggested to me by my family,I dived into it, he said.
