An Indian in Cowboy Country
Stories from an Immigrant's Life
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ABOUT THE BOOK An Indian engineer discovers his personal and professional potential in the heart of Texas The book is about an Indian engineer’s sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant struggle to fit and assimilate into the fabric of American life, "while retaining and celebrating very different roots." SOME COMMENTS "An Indian in Cowboy Country is a must read. Pradeep has done an amazing job, with great simplicity, in chronicling an Asian Indian’s journey in an alien society, simultaneously maintaining one’s cultural moorings and moral center." Nandan Nilekani, Former Co-Chairman & CEO, Infosys Technologies Limited; author of Imagining India: The Idea of a Nation Renewed. “Pradeep Anand has put together a collection of highly enjoyable stories about the many challenges of being a brown-skinned techie in Texas. Immigrants everywhere will relate to this perceptive and relevant book.” Chitra Divakaruni, award-winning author and poet “Businesses, business schools, and cultural studies departments at schools and colleges will benefit immensely from this book. Pradeep Anand weaves, with fascinating simplicity, warm and authentic stories about Asian Indian immigrants and their experiences in America.” Amar Bhidé, Lawrence D. Glaubinger Professor of Business, Columbia University Graduate School of Business “There is a sense of genuineness about the book. I had a strong conviction about the author's enthusiasm for the worth of attributes such as integrity, cultural diversity, honesty, diligence, and a sense of humor and humility, to temper it all.” Jonathan K. Hustis, EVP-Legal, MetaSolv, Inc. "Excellent work, I bought it as a business book hoping to learn more about the people I work with, but I gained so much more. I compare this quite favorably to the novelized business book, The Goal. That book used narrative as an effective means of communicating Goldratt's management ideas, but IICC accomplished that and more because the characterization was so vivid. Mr. Anand communicated his management ideas but also managed to say something about life. The Goal is merely a business book, this is a true novel that has business as a theme. We also learn about Indian culture, life, family and courage. I'm going to recommend it to some of my b-school professors as a course reading." T Hicks on Amazon.com
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"There is a sense of genuineness about the book. I had a strong conviction about the author's enthusiasm for the worth of attributes such as integrity, cultural diversity, honesty, diligence, and a sense of humor and humility, to temper it all."
-Jonathan K. Hustis, EVP-Legal, MetaSolv, Inc.
"Businesses, business schools, and cultural studies departments at schools and colleges will benefit immensely from this book. Pradeep Anand weaves, with fascinating simplicity, warm and authentic stories about Asian Indian immigrants and their experiences in America."-Amar Bhidé, Lawrence D. Glaubinger professor of business, Columbia University Graduate School of Business.
"Pradeep Anand has put together a collection of highly enjoyable stories about the many challenges of being a brown-skinned techie in Texas. Immigrants everywhere will relate to this perceptive and relevant book."-Chitra Divakaruni, award-winning author and poet
About the Author
Pradeep Anandis president of Seeta Resources and lives with his family in a Houston suburb. He has about 30 years of marketing and business strategy/execution experience in the oil & gas, technology, and engineering industries. In 1994, he founded his consulting practice, focused on revenue growth and enriching margins. He speaks at business conferences, universities, and firms, and has published articles in leading industry magazines and journals. He has been an Adjunct Professor of Marketing at University of Houston's Bauer College of Business' MBA program. He serves on the Advisory Board of the University of Houston's College of Technology and the Houston Technology Center. He received his MBA from the University of Houston, Houston, Texas, and his BS in Metallurgical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, India. In 2001, he received a Distinguished Service Award from IIT Bombay.