...well-wishers join together felicitate the patriarch of the Parekh family, I would like to share with you a few thoughts about this wonderful and multifaceted personality. I know I will find it difficult to find the words to convey my feelings for my father, but I will try.

My mother always told me that I was quite like my father. I know my father and I both have a short temper, but I would have been happier to inherit his other qualities--his kindness, his broadmindedness, and his amazing ability to face difficulties without breaking down.

One of my earliest memories of my father is of the difficult days when he was trying to set up Pidilite Industries. However preoccupied he was, he never failed to make his children feel special. He always made it a point to bring us something special, however small, when he came home from work. He never allowed his tiredness or anxiety to intrude into his time with us.

Another quality that I admire in my father is his extremely modern outlook. Growing up as a product of the forties, he showed none of the conservatism that marked most of his contemporaries. Being his daughter, I benefited by this trait. He was willing--rather eager--to send me to the US for further studies way back in 1973 for a year that would play a major role in my life. It was with this very same attitude of broadmindedness that he encouraged me to make my own decisions, whether in regard to my business or in my choice of a husband, for which I am truly grateful.

But above all else, there is one quality that sets my father apart from most people. And that is his desire to constantly improve himself and evolve into a better person. The major change I find...

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