2022. Keshub Mahindra (1923 – 2023), an outstanding visionary doyen of Indian business, a very good friend of mine. This was the last time I met in his home when he was 98 years old.
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2022. Keshub Mahindra (1923 – 2023), an outstanding visionary doyen of Indian business, a very good friend of mine. This was the last time I met in his home when he was 98 years old.
When India was partitioned 1947 to create Pakistan, a new country for Muslims, about 20 million people of Bengal and Punjab were displaced and brutally victimized. Sen’s wealthy, literate family had huge landed property in erstwhile East Bengal, the present Bangladesh, which was carved out to be East Pakistan for Muslims. So for being Hindus Sen’s family was overnight evicted from their home. Without taking any possessions, they fled for their lives amidst people warring over religion, and so became squatted refugees in West Bengal.