Haltingly, Nandan picks up a language that connects with factory floor
April 14, 2014 10:47
Nandan Nilekani paced up and down a small oval space surrounded by over a hundred garment workers, mostly women, in a dimly lit hall at the southern tip of Bangalore.
Only 10 kilometres separate the narrow lanes of Bommanahalli with their dozens of garment sweatshops from Electronics City, the headquarters of many of the country's top technology firms including Infosys, the IT giant Nilekani headed till 2007.
But the workers he was speaking to late in the morning shared little with the world of boardrooms and bureaucracy that Nilekani had inhabited till he plunged into this election, prodded by Rahul Gandhi.
Worse, his audience only understood Kannada. And Kannada is not among Nilekani's strong suits. Read more
Only 10 kilometres separate the narrow lanes of Bommanahalli with their dozens of garment sweatshops from Electronics City, the headquarters of many of the country's top technology firms including Infosys, the IT giant Nilekani headed till 2007.
But the workers he was speaking to late in the morning shared little with the world of boardrooms and bureaucracy that Nilekani had inhabited till he plunged into this election, prodded by Rahul Gandhi.
Worse, his audience only understood Kannada. And Kannada is not among Nilekani's strong suits. Read more
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