Ramadorai can't stop raving about the exquisite view of the Azad maidan from his corner room, so it's not surprising that he doesn't miss his office in the Air India building in Nariman Point where he worked for about 35 years starting in 1972.
Has your productivity gone up or down since you moved here, I ask him, as we walk down from TCS House to Royal China, passing on our way the house that Ratan Tata grew up in. He laughs, 'It's gone up, so from me personally, you can expect some great numbers this quarter.'
Drinking the first of our many cups of Chinese tea, in what must be one of Mumbai's noisiest restaurants, my guest recalls how, when TCS first started out in China with a fairly large team, the management was worried about whether the boys would settle down. The TCS head there happened to mention to the local authorities that it would be nice to have Indian food once in a while.
'Within a month they had an Indian restaurant up and running. The speed at which they create conveniences is simply amazing,' says Ramadorai, his admiration for the Chinese evident.
Like many of his peers, the TCS chief, who loves reading The New York Times everyday on the Internet and goes to the extent of downloading video clips onto his iPod or iPhone, is frustrated at the tardy pace at which infrastructure in India is being created, or rather not being created. He also wishes that the fascinating live video clips, like those on the Web site of The Economist, could be used to teach children.
Image: A man walks on the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. | Photograph: China Photos/Getty Images
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