“In college, I didn’t understand what the teacher was saying...
VIJAY SHEKHAR SHARMA,42
The founder and CEO of Paytm says the language barrier in his English-medium college—his schooling was in Hindi—drove him to spend increasing amounts of time in the computer lab, and that he grew inspired by the digital revolution taking place in Silicon Valley. Though uncomfortable, the isolation paid off—today, the company he built is valued at $16 billion (about Rs 1.2 lakh crore)
” When the legendary rock band Pink Floyd released ‘Comfortably Numb’, they probably didn’t imagine their lyrics would resonate even with 15-year-olds from small-town India.
