The enlightened industrialist, Jamshedji Tata, was the father of modern iron and steel industry in India. Animated by a spirit of enterprise and adventure and inspired by patriotic fervour, he struggled against heavy odds and pioneered the textile industry, planned a hydroelectric project and organised a number of other schemes, big and small, for the economic advancement in India. Different facets of his life and work are unfolded in this narrative in a style that is as lucid and forceful as it is vivacious and engaging.