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What Ratan Tata did for the Mumbai victims of 26/11…. a every Indian should know. i AM COPY PASTING THIS POST FROM Small Strokes… Why main stream media is not interested in publishing this? I leave it to figure it out yourself.
Ratan Tata is the chairman of Indian Hotels who own the Taj Mahal Hotel Mumbai, which was the target of the terrorists last year . Hotel President a 5 star property also belongs to Indian Hotels.
The following is really touching.
- All category of employees including those who had completed even 1 day as casuals were treated on duty during the time the hotel was closed.
- Relief and assistance to all those who were injured and killed
- The relief and assistance was extended to all those who died at the railway station, surroundings including the “Pav- Bha ji” vendor and the pan shop owners.
- During the time the hotel was closed, the salaries were sent by money order.
- A psychiatric cell was established in collaboration with Tata Institute of Social Sciences to counsel those who needed such help.
- The thoughts and anxieties going on people’s mind was constantly tracked and where needed psychological help provided.
- Employee outreach centers were opened where all help, food, water, sanitation, first aid and counseling was provided. 1600 employees were covered by this facility.
- Every employee was assigned to one mentor and it was that person’s responsibility to act as a “single window” clearance for any help that the person required.
- Ratan Tata personally visited the families of all the 80 employees who in some manner – either through injury or getting killed – were affected.
- The dependents of the employees were flown from outside Mumbai to Mumbai and taken care off in terms of ensuring mental assurance and peace. They were all accommodated in Hotel President for 3 weeks.
- Ratan Tata himself asked the families and dependents – as to what they wanted him to do.
- In a record time of 20 days, a new trust was created by the Tatas for the purpose of relief of employees.
- What is unique is that even the other people, the railway employees, the police staff, the pedestrians who had nothing to do with Tatas were covered by compensation. Each one of them was provided subsistence allowance of Rs. 10K per month for all these people for 6 months.
- A 4 year old granddaughter of a vendor got 4 bullets in her and only one was removed in the Government hospital. She was taken to Bombay hospital and several lacs were spent by the Tatas on her to fully recover her.
- New hand carts were provided to several vendors who lost their carts.
- Tata will take responsibility of life education of 46 children of the victims of the terror.
- This was the most trying period in the life of the organisation. Senior managers including Ratan Tata were visiting funeral to funeral over the 3 days that were most horrible.
- The settlement for every deceased member ranged from Rs. 36 to 85 lacs [One lakh rupees translates to approx 2200 US $ ] in addition to the following benefits:
a. Full last salary for life for the family and dependents;
b. Complete responsibility of education of children and dependents – anywhere in the world.
c. Full Medical facility for the whole family and dependents for rest of their life.
d. All loans and advances were waived off – irrespective of the amount.
e. Counselor for life for each person
1. How was such passion created among the employees? How and why did they behave the way they did?
2. The organisation is clear that it is not something that someone can take credit for. It is not some training and development that created such behaviour. If someone suggests that – everyone laughs
3. It has to do with the DNA of the organisation, with the way Tata culture exists and above all with the situation that prevailed that time. The organisation has always been telling that customers and guests are #1 priority
4. The hotel business was started by Jamshedji Tata when he was insulted in one of the British hotels and not allowed to stay there.
5. He created several institutions which later became icons of progress, culture and modernity. IISc is one such institute. He was told by the rulers that time that he can acquire land for IISc to the extent he could fence the same. He could afford fencing only 400 acres. He also made a condition that the TATA name should not be used (ironical in a country where half the roads and buildings bear Gandhi tag although they may not even have seen them)
6. When the HR function hesitatingly made a very rich proposal to Ratan – he said – do you think we are doing enough?
7. The whole approach was that the organisation would spend several hundred crore in re-building the property – why not spend equally on the employees who gave their life?
This was not covered by any news channel. The channels are busy showing cast politics, Sania Mirza’s wedding, Shahrukh Khan’s wedding. But these stories need to be told to the nation.
No words what to say.
Eyes filled with tears.
All I/We say is: God Bless.
Thanks for reading and commenting.
No words….Seconding HOBO….
My Salute to the human spirit….
….”The Tata Group”….
Vande Mataram
What is the source of this mail or it is just yet another mail floating around everywhere… Unfortunately, most Indian stories are just plain bogus and false exaggerated claims, and I won’t believe them. However, for Tata’s it may indeed be true. Any first hand verifiable source with correct first hand information?
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Jon C. Snader thanks for commenting. You seem such an expert on Indian matters. 🙂 I got this post’s origin here:–> Salman Khan Foundation – Being Human
Tatas are very genrous people. Social schemes that Government started for private employees were started by Tatas many years ago.
Thanks for your sharing. It is a good article
Dear Alka
Good Articles
Wish you all the best
Naseeb
Its really a heart touching article…………Its all about mind set……….and will wishing…………..
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Your article clearly sumps up what ‘THE HINDU’ newspaper had written about the Tatas ten years ago. The Tatas also forsook many mega projects just because of their ‘no bribes’ policy. Being a business house one cannot stagnate at the same place. Our corrupt system is like a ‘padmavvyuha’ where even the virtuous can get sucked into, but cannot get out easily. The Ambanis have manipulated our system so well that they have made a fast buck in a short period of time and even could afford to build a house worth billions of rupees which no other billionaire in the world could dream of.
People who entirely blame the Tatas have to give a thought and instead blame the corrupt system patronized by our politicians.
Vijay, Thank you. for sharing this information. You are right about the system and its way of functioning.
Ratan Tata cannot do anything for anyone nor help anyone.
I have recently experienced the same.
Its very easy to sit on the top and make comments on anyone else like Mr Ratan Tata did for Mr Mukesh Ambani
But when it comes to doing somethong – No one is ever interested.
Al least not TATA
Harsh