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IT WAS AN HUMBLE START IN THE BEGINNING. MR. RAMESH BOSAMIA, "BAPU" TO ALL,
WHO KNEW HIM, CAME TO USA IN l9XX AND STARTED WORKING AS A NUCLEAR ENGINEER
IN LOUISIANA. HAVING A HOBBY AND KEEN INTEREST IN INDIAN MUSIC, HE SOON FELT
THAT THE AVAILABILITY OF INDIAN MUSIC CASSETTES AND LONG PLAYING RECORDS IN
USA WERE NOT, AT ALL, ENOUGH TO QUENCH THE THIRST FOR THE SAME. HE ALSO KNEW
FROM HIS FRIENDS HERE, THAT MANY INDIANS IN USA, CRAVED AND MISSED INDIA FOR
THAT WHILE GETTING SOME SUPPLIES FROM INDIA, HE ARRANGED FOR A SMALL
QUALITY OF MUSIC CASSETTES, SO THAT HE COULD DISTRIBUTE TO HIS F'RIENDS AND
ACQUAINTANCES. COMING FROM A FAMILY WELL VERSED IN BUSINESS, HE COULD
FORESEE A GREAT POTENTIAL FOR THIS BUSINESS HERE. WITH FULL SUPPORT FROM HIS
WIFE PRAGATI, HE STARTED A SIDE HOME BUSINESS IN HIS GARAGE. IN THE EVENINGS
AFTER THE OFFICE AND ON WEEKENDS, THEY LOADED BOXES OF CASSETTES IN THE TRUNK
OF THEIR CAR AND WENT FROM SHOP TO SHOP, TO SHOW THE SAMPLES AND DELIVER THE
GOODS RIGHT ON THE SPOT. SOON, THEIR HOME LOOKED MORE LIKE A WAREHOUSE AND
PILING OF CASSETTES ENCROACHED EVEN BEDROOMS! KNOWING AND TRUSTING THE
CAPABILITIES OF HARD-WORKING PRAGATI, HE DECIDED TO HAVE A SEPARATE PLACE FOR
THE BUSINESS AND RESTORE HOME MORE HOMELIKE.
AS FORESEEN THE BUSINESS GREW AND THE NAME "RAKHEE IMPORT" NAMED AFTER THEIR DAUGHTER, BECAME A KNOWN WORD TO MUSIC LOVERS ALL OVER USA. BAPU LEFT HIS FULLTIME JOB TO PAY FULL-TIME ATTENTION TO THE GROWING FAMILY BUSINESS. BACK HOME IN INDIA, HMV HAD ALMOST MONOPOLY OF INDIAN MUSIC BUSINESS AND THE QUANTITY ORDERS FROM "RAKHEE IMPORT" WAS A JOYOUS SURPRISE FOR THEM. THEY MADE "RAKHEE IMPORT THEIR DISTRIBUTOR FOR USA AND SOON IT BECAME THE WORLD'S LARGEST IMPORTER OF THEIR GOODS. THE PIONEER OF INDO-PAK MUSIC BUSINESS, STARTED THEIR FIRST BRANCH OFFICE IN CHICAGO, IN JNNE 1995 AND A SECOND BRANCH IN SOUTH CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY IN JANUARY 1997. WITH A PLAN TO OPEN MORE BRANCHES, ALL OVER USA, FOR A SPEEDY AND COURTEOUS NETWORK TO SERVE THE INDO PAK COMUNITY, "RAKHEE IMPORT" LOOKS FORWARD TO THE COMING NEW CENTURY WITH ZEAL AND DETERMINATION. |
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Houston Branch: 12211 6th Street @ C St. Houston, TX-77072 PH#: (281) 530-6126 FAX#:(281) 530-9860 |
Chicago Branch: 2353 E. Devon Ave. Elk Grove Village, IL-60007 PH#: (847) 595-1111 FAX#:(847) 595-9431 | Berkeley Branch: 1332 Sixth Street. Berkeley, CA-94710 PH#: (510) 526-1290 FAX#:(510) 526-0779 |
