Other Men'S Flowers
D. Mehra . Rupa Publications India . English
Encounters can have a special significance in the lives of people. In the case of D. Mehra and K. Jackson Marshall, a chance encounter was to change the entire direction of the former's life in a manner that was stranger than fiction.
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About the Author
D. Mehra (1910-1997) came from a middle-class background and began his career by selling handkerchiefs in Calcutta's post New Market. He had barely settled in the business when he was approached by K. Jackson Marshall of William Collins & Sons who had observed and been highly impressed by the former's selling techniques. Marshall offered him a job in the book trade and so began a career that was to be known to everyone today as the dynamic and distinguished Rupa & Co.This compilation of quotations by D. Mehra is a testimony of his love for books and an indefatigable energy to disseminate knowledge.
