L&T: The firm that builds India

“HELLO! Hello!” is what A.M. Naik says when he wants to ensure you are listening. He might lock a massive hand around your wrist, too, and grin. A bear of a man, aged 70, he lives and breathes the firm he has run since 1999 and worked at for over four decades, Larsen & Toubro (L&T). He reads out corporate mission statements with utter sincerity. His staff speak of him with awe and the tea boys get jumpy near him. And, just when you’ve concluded that Mr Naik is a despot, or has overdosed on propaganda...

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