She & Me

Is there an ideal lift partner? Kantabai was a wife, daughter-in-law and mother. It was a tough life-a busy and ambitious husband preoccupied by his growing business, a large family and small living quarters. In She & Me, one of India's most successful entrepreneurs, Bhavarlal H. Jain, reminisces about his wife, Kantabai, and their long life together. The book was originally published in Marathi as Ti ani Mi, which went on to become a bestseller. However, She & Me is much more than a portrait of a successful marriage. It traces Bhavarlal's journey from a small-time kerosene oil trader to the head of one of India's largestbusiness conglomerates. It is also a story of the then and the now, of the times when large joint families were the norm, and when family values, traditional and cultural principles were still respected and followed. Above all, it is a tribute to a remarkable lady, whose deep inner strength and benevolence moulded not only a family, but also helped to build a large business empire.

Bhavarlal H. Jain, the founder and chairman of Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd, is widely known as the man who changed the lives of millions of Indian farmers through his pioneering work in the field of micro-irrigation. He has written a number of books in Marathi and English. This book was originally published in Marathi as Ti ani Mi, and went on to become a bestseller. The book has also been translated into Hindi.