ML: Let’s start with your background.
NS: I was born and brought up in the Kalbadevi area of Mumbai which used to be the hub of wholesale trading in textiles. I always stood first in school. However, when I got into Sydenham, which was an elite college, I realised that everyone else is far ahead of me. That was when I came down to earth. We had industrialists’ sons studying with us, who were...

Redundancy is not a reflection of your performance, so be confident and truthful

The other day, I was conducting interviews and met a person who had lost his job recently. He actually fared quite well and yet made some classic errors that people normally make in such situations. This set me thinking. Careers undergo transformation and jobs are lost and found in a matter of days; sometimes...

Sharbati (I am not sure how it translates or where the name comes from) is a variety of wheat which the discerning consider the best for making traditional Indian rotis. It is much sought after in cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad. Mumbai consumes 30% of the total Sharbati cultivation which is close to 12 lakh quintals. Sharbati has put Madhya Pradesh (MP) on the map as...