Chandigarh, 19 November 2025: Young author and innovator Shaurya Prabh Sharma officially launched his debut book \u201cPANJAB INC\u201d in Chandigarh on Wednesday, presenting a powerful new narrative of Punjab not as a land defined by conflict but as a civilisation built and sustained by commerce, enterprise and innovation, student\u2019s entrepreneur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At just 18 years of age, Shaurya traces the region\u2019s business history from the 9th century to the modern day, arguing that the driving force behind Punjab\u2019s resilience has always been trade not war. The book highlights how commercial networks endured through periods of upheaval and how the same spirit continues to define the global Punjabi footprint today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shaurya has been a keen observer of national and global economic developments since childhood. A regular newspaper reader since grade five and a participant in multiple business forums, he brings both academic curiosity and grassroots entrepreneurial experience to his debut work. He holds a design patent for a plastic incinerator and is the founder and director of ROOT RICH, a venture he launched during his school years that later grew into an independent company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking at the launch, Shaurya said that Punjab\u2019s economic history has been long overshadowed by dramatic events, even though trade networks continued to function remarkably through periods of instability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLook closer and you will see that even in moments of despair, trade thrived,\u201d he said. \u201cHistory remembers the battles but overlooks the bazaars. PANJAB INC is about a mindset of courage, creativity and community. Trade, not conflict, built Panjab.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The book highlights how commerce shaped Punjab\u2019s social and political life across centuries. A major section revisits the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, portraying him not just as a military strategist but as a ruler who understood that long-term peace depended on economic stability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGovernance was never just about armies or fortresses,\u201d Shaurya mentioned. \u201cIt was about building an architecture of commerce.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The book explains how Singh\u2019s administration protected and empowered merchants and artisans, enabling safe and predictable trade across regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The continuity of business culture from Multan\u2019s indigo and Amritsar\u2019s shawls to Ludhiana\u2019s bicycles, forms a central theme of the book. Shaurya connects this legacy to today\u2019s global Punjabi enterprise visible in renewable-energy firms in Chandigarh, retail chains in Delhi, trucking companies in California and tech ventures in Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The book also focuses on the rise of regional newspapers and the business leaders who founded them, situating print media within Panjab\u2019s broader commercial landscape. He said the book identifies a set of recurring values that have shaped Punjabi business culture: reinvestment, resilience, hospitality and honour, anchored by a belief that \u201ctomorrow will bring another harvest, another customer, another chance\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to author, these values formed an \u201cinvisible inheritance\u201d that Punjabi migrants carried with them across continents, shaping success stories from family-owned neighbourhood stores to internationally recognised corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPanjab does not teach you how to do business; it teaches you how to live business,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shaurya dedicates PANJAB INC to both known and unknown entrepreneurs from craftsmen, farmers, traders and publishers to modern industrialists and the Punjabi diaspora, whose contribution turned Punjab from a regional market into a global commercial network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis book is your mirror,\u201d he said. \u201cThe story of Panjab\u2019s enterprise is not distant; it remains alive in each of us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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