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Mumbai pays homage to its tallest tycoon — Dhirubhai passes into history
DHIRAJLAL Hirachand Ambani built an empire. And while he was at it, he put his hands on the shoulders of a few million people and touched their lives. Hundreds of them - big and small, poor and rich, well-known and little known - today ... More

He taught her to dream big dreams
FOR 25 years, Shobhana Mehta has been a regular at the annual general meetings of Reliance Industries Ltd. "I am a housewife. But I have been able to go abroad with the money I made on RIL shares. It was all because of him," says the ... More

A daily swim across the channel
MR Murli Deora, Rajya Sabha member and President of the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee, talks about Dhirubhai Ambani, his friend of 30 years. Mr Deora says he remembers best Mr Ambani's words: "Every day I have to swim the English ... More

Double blow for buddy
LIFE, for the Rajkot-based Mr Pravinbhai Thakker, whose Reliance Stores in Aden was arguably the inspiration behind the Reliance Group label, has resembled the script of a none-too-imaginatively written Hindi movie in the last two days. The ... More

Messiah of the investing masses
MR Dhirubhai Ambani made investing in the equity markets an acceptable practice in what was essentially a market with a narrow investor base in the 70s and part of the 80s. Till the advent of a big-ticket mop-up of investor funds by Reliance, ... More

Dhirubhai: `The sun has set today'
THE rear entrance of 39, Cuffe Parade today buzzed like never before, playing host to a string of VVIPs eager to pay homage to the patriarch of the Reliance Group. Taking count of those who came reads like a virtual who's who list of the ... More

A reliable legacy
Dhirubhai Ambani with his sons, Mr Mukesh Ambani and Mr Anil Ambani, and grandchildren.

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