He did do great things during the war. Later during peace time he lent his name to shady finance companies, like HARVEST FINANCE at Mumbai, PRUDENTIAL (or similar sounding name) at Calcutta, n some more, that I can not recall at this monent n time. Many investors felt secured at seeing Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw's name as one of the directors. too bad, all these finance companies failed n investors suffered. Ramiro D'Souza
RE:Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw
by PKN on Jun 26, 2008 01:15 PM Permalink
Sick that someone remembers only this thing about him. Many people who achieved fame were misused by shady finance companies to give credibity to their operation. I also think that the word 'investor' is a misnomer since any one who invests in a company based on the fact that there is a Sam Manekshaw on the board of directors is fool not a investor ! Most Indian consumers are pretty stupid . If you chose to buy a laptop because someone who has only a pretty face to claim like Vidya Balan you are stupid! Should you not have asked for an endorsement from Narayana Murthy or Nikalani? Dont forget that old adage ' a fool and his money are parted "
