We got into life sciences as a defence mechanism in the late '90s - Mukesh Ambani

The food market is much bigger than the software services market. And the money goes straight into the hands of millions of farmers. The spinoffs are enormous -- jobs, houses, durables, a whole new consumption boom will start in rural areas.

One of my biggest obsessions today is that senior people must give bright 25-year olds the opportunity to contribute meaningfully.

The first 200-odd people who built Patalganga with me are still around, running different businesses. It has gone into their psyche that we do things differently here. We have taken money from ordinary Indians and we are their trustees. When this is drilled into thousands of people, you automatically get performance.