Who came to America Part_2 of 5

2_Ventures

Ventures had a high tolerance for losing money and a high expectation for multiplying their assets. They don’t care where the money comes from or where it goes to – they are concerned with increasing their assets.

Example:

Sushil went to Uganda, East Africa to work for his uncle in 1920 as a manager for the cotton gin business. After a few years he started his own general mercantile to sell clothing, household articles, and even bicycles. These goods were imported from Europe. After a few more years, in the 1940s, he decided to produce assembled bikes, bringing parts from Europe and Japan. As a tradition, Indians from Africa would send boys to England or India to educate them for higher qualifications and, as well as daughters to marry away to Indian-educated young men. So I met through my friend a young lady whose grandfather used to know my father so he asked my father what I had planned to do in my life. So when I went to see my father he asked, “Do you know this young girl?” I said, “Yes. But as you know I meet too many young ladies because of my sports activity. Do you think I should ask her?” My father said, “Yes.” So I went to Sushil and explained my past as well as my future plans. I asked her to marry me. She said, “Yes.” It was not an arranged marriage, it was a situational marriage. Due to my father-in-law, I learned to have a venture in Uganda.

In 1971, Idi Amin expelled all Indians from Uganda, East Africa, so I had to go to America to assist the refugees as well as refugees from Uganda. That is the biggest venture I had done.

By Gajendra kumar Patel,  Email: gajendra101@hotmail.com