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“First year, I managed just two clients. Just two.” Rishi Chhabria still returns to that evening instantly. It was a sodden Friday in June 2017. Mumbai’s monsoon had settled in for the season. The air outside carried that unmistakable city smell — wet con... See more
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ADVERTISEMENT 1997, Mumbai “Can I give it to Premji?” It was an innocuous question lobbed by Dileep Ranjekar. But for Vineet Agrawal, it landed like a warning bell. The letter had been written days earlier, in a moment of accumulated frustration. Now it s... See more
