Padma Shri R. K. Krishna Kumar, Former Tata Sons Director, passed away yesterday. A key pillar of the Tata Group, and close confidante of Mr. Ratan Tata. I once had the privilege of meeting Mr. Krishna Kumar at the Tata Sons office a few years ago; on a special request through someone. I had some…
Image: source Sindhutai Sapkal passed away yesterday. For those who haven’t heard of her, she was born in an extremely poor family in the state of Maharashtra, India in 1948.Married at the age of 12 to someone who was 32, her husband abandoned her when she was 9 months pregnant. Forced to give…
One of my mentors, Mr. Ramesh C. Sarin passed away on the 10th of April this year. He was already long retired when I first met him. And he had this rare, dignified personality that reflected a wonderful blend of an unimaginably impressive corporate journey that he had had; and plenty of humility and…
An uncle and a friend I just heard a few hours back, that one of dad’s closest friends, Eshwaran, passed away this morning. That was extremely bad news. I had probably met Eshwar uncle and his wife several times as a toddler. And then I met them nearly a decade or more later, probably when I…