Compersion
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This would be only my second post - please accept apologies if it is not in the correct thread - I though about "Culture and Religion" but I believe this is more about Business and Business people in India. Fascinating article from overseas (kudos) that touches upon many intricacies of India and also a little western misconstruction thrown in along with a murder mixed in:
Read more here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/11/magazine/masala-dosa-to-die-for.html?src=me&ref=general&_r=0
Some excerpts but the article needs to be read in full:
Read more here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/11/magazine/masala-dosa-to-die-for.html?src=me&ref=general&_r=0
Some excerpts but the article needs to be read in full:
A coffee man, he explained, should be small and quiet, while a dosa chef needs to be at least 5-foot-6.
This guy has risen from such humble background and there is the murder involved (the story and why and how it was done can only come from India).When he was a teenager, he moved to Chennai, then known as Madras, and in 1968 opened the first in a series of tiny groceries on the outskirts of the city. One day in 1979, at his grocery in a neighborhood called KK Nagar, a salesman made a casual remark: He'd have to go all the way to T Nagar for lunch because KK Nagar didn't have any restaurants.