MR Russi M. Lala is a privileged gentleman. As the biographer of the legendary J. R. D. Tata, Mr Lala had unique, special access to the life and times of modern India’s most celebrated businessman.

Mr Lala wrote eight books but his principal claim to fame rests on his biography of JRD — Beyond the Last Blue Mountain. He followed it up with another — The Joy of Achievement: Conversations with J. R. D. Tata — revealing in greater detail the personality of this icon of Indian business.

This article, published in 2004, gives interesting glimpses into the mind of Russi Lala and what he thought of JRD Tata and the TATA Group – Click Here to read