Ratan Tata says his grandmother taught him to retain his dignity at all costs

Tata Group Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata and his bror h a happy childhood but faced personal discomfort as y grew older due to ir parents' divorce. According to a Facebook post of Humans of Bombay, a social media-based group, Ratan Tata said that after his mor got remarried, or boys at his school said all sorts of things, that too “constantly and aggressively”.

former Tata chairman said that his grandmor taught him to retain dignity at all costs, a value that’s stayed with him until today. 82-year-old industrialist furr ded that his grandmor helped him walk away from situations which orwise he would have fought back against.

Tata talked about his days in London where his grandmor took him and his bror after World War II for summer holidays. In London, his grandmor taught brors when to keep quiet to keep dignity intact and it got embedded in ir minds.

He opened up about his relationship with his far who was 'quite upset' with him at a point in his life. 82-year-old philanthropist also mentioned how he mostly h varied opinions with his far, Naval Tata. former chairman of Tata sons shed light on conflicting far-son relationship in a Facebook post by Humans of Bombay. 

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Tata furr ds that even though it is 'difficult w' to mention who was right or wrong, but he recalls how he wanted to learn how to play violin but his far insisted on pia, or how he wanted to go to an American college but Naval insisted on British college. businessman even h varied views on choice of profession and mentioned that he was interested in studying architecture but his far wanted him to become an engineer. 

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'Almost got married in LA'

However, re was a 'fair bit of rancour', as Tata switched his majors and gruated with a degree in architecture even though he was enrolled in an engineering college. He furr credited his grandmor for managing to study at Cornell University in United States. He recalls how he 'was finally on his own' after landing a job in an architecture firm in Los Angeles where he even worked for two years.

He talked about his life in American city and said that 'it was in Los Angeles that he fell in love and almost got married'. He also mentioned that he h to move back to India as his grandmor wasn't keeping too well and person he wanted to marry, her parents 'weren't okay' with her making move because of 1962 Indo-China war.

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