Fortune Seekers

<p>Nattukotai Chettiars were the most prominent business community from Tamil region and this book captures their spirit of enterprise that led many of them to seek their fortunes overseas. It's a story that connects South India Burma and South-East Asia across the Bay of Bengal and equally one that spans the British imperial era and that of the modern nation state.</p><p>For students of history business and for modern entrepreneurs the book has valuable lessons on the importance of diversifying into promising investment opportunities and gauging the economic winds of change.</p>