Once I decided to get into social service and floated a charitable trust. Nobody had forced me to do it; it was something I wanted to do. I soon realised that I could not handle the workload alone and started thinking about how to get help. Then I had a brilliant idea! I
approached several retired people and wives of a few friends and coaxed them to help me as volunteers. Then I set about...

Grasim has interests in viscose staple fibre, cement, chemicals, textiles and sponge iron. The main source of profits is cement. Cement companies are enjoying strong demand and have even raised prices recently. In March 2009, the price of cement went up by about Rs10 per 50kg bag. Simultaneously, there has been a sharp correction in coal prices from $193 last year to $62 now. This benefit was...