The young Mr. Boolchand Pessoomal left his
native shores of India in 1901 and set sail for
Panama in the Americas. The voyage took him
over three months. When he finally landed in
Panama, he started working with his uncles in a
store in Colon. Those were the heady days of the
Panama Canal project, when trade was brisk and
attracted entrepreneurs from all over the world.
In 1930, Boolchand was traveling to British
Guyana (now known as Guyana) in South
America, when the ship made a bunkering halt in
the port of Willemstad, Curacao. Uneducated and
practically illiterate, young Boolchand, with
meager savings in his pockets, took the gut
decision to set up shop in the Dutch enclave. This
was the beginning of a Family business.
Now, 75 years and three generations later,
Boolchand's is one of the most respected and
reputed brands in the Caribbean. With branches
in Aruba, Curacao, St. Kitts, St. Maarten and St.
Thomas, Boolchand's is known and valued for
providing high quality merchandise and excellent
service at competitive prices.
Welcome to www.boolchand.com -- we're glad
you're here!
" Time is the longest distance between two places."
Mr. Doulatram Boolchand Nandwani
also fondly known to all as Dada