lost all my hard earnings of
35000 dollars to a thief and scoundrel
there was nothing i could do as the entire company was in his name
i returned to India and my friends were shocked as they all knew how
hard
i was working for my dream of sannyas
my manufacturers to whom i had given business wanted to back me
financially and help me somehow…my designs were hot sellers
by now i had successful business contacts in london paris italy and
greece
as well as milan and new yorki had to rebuild
their confidence in me
do some freelance designing and receive design fees
and within five months my main garment exporter decided to give me
credit of 20000 dollars for garments
i could not go to london…uk immigration was now alert
the demand for my particular evening wear been taken over by my cousin
he had left his government job and started running my company
so i plan to go for the big markets of new york and los angeles which
would bring me closer to oregon
while in india i read notes of a madman
which is to become my most loved and favourite book of bhagwans
simply surpassing all other books as bhagwan is speaking just to himself
no audience…pure expressions of being himself and experiencing bliss
this book i read atleast ten times
buy fifty copies at a time and give as my only present to friends
at the same time i read books i have loved
so i make a complete list of all the books
and go to piccadilly book store in delhi
this old man becomes one of my closest friends
he loves collecting the greatest books in his small store in connaught
place
taking immense pride in keeping his bookshop stocked with almost all
titles
he works out a deal for all the books on my list
arranges about ninety titles and i start another journey of reading
the book of mirdad, tao te ching, j krishnamurti, raman maharishi,
ramakrishna, gurdjieff, richard bach, herman hesse, leo tolstoy, paul
reps
i arrive back in america 25 october 1985
the shipment of garments worth 20000 dollars landed in
american customs
i was working out import methods with a friend
while carrying samples of the latest designs to pre sell
with my knowledge and credit for the garments
i would sell and regain the money in a matter of two or three months
every garment sold at over 100 percent profit
it was simple now…just push sales and some hard work
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