Born In A Small Village In Punjab At The Turn Of The Century, Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh Oberoi Began His Career In The Hotel Industry On A Fifty-Rupee-A-Month Wage At Simla'S Cecil Hotel. But He Was Not Destined To Remain In His Lowly Position For Long.

With A Combination Of Clear-Sighted Thinking, Frugality And Sheer Hard Work, He Managed To Put Together A Plan And The Finances Necessary To Acquire His First Hotel: Clarkes. That Was Only The Beginning . . . Decades Later, The Oberoi Group Has Twenty-Eight Hotels And Four Luxury Nile Cruisers, Girdles The Globe, And Is Acknowledged As A Standard-Setter.

In This Well-Researched And Candid Biography, Written With The Cooperation Of M.S. Oberoi, Bachi J. Karkaria Describes How A Man Of Modest Beginnings Became The Head Of An Internationally Celebrated Hotel Chain, And Details How A Major Business Is Established, Operated And Maintained At The Top.