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Through the lens: Our best photos of the past year

A selection of Forbes India’s best photographs in the past year, and the stories behind them

May 23, 2015, 06:16 IST2 min
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No Emotional BaggageIn our october 31 issue, we traced the career path of Ramesh Tainwala, whose success has been shaped by chance and choice. Rejected as a trainee at Indian luggage giant VIP Industries, Tainwala worked for one of VIP’s vendors, became a commodity trader, expanded into chemicals, and then into a JV with the world’s largest travel luggage maker, Samsonite. Now, 34 years a
Image by Mexy Xavier
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Back in the SaddleNaveen Jindal may not have had a pleasant result in the 2014 general elections (the two-time Congress MP lost his Kurukshetra seat) but the chairman of Jindal Steel & Power Limited has more than his work to occupy his time: At least twice a week he’s at his farm, tending to his horses and practising with his Jindal Panthers team-mates (he owns and captains the team). We
Image by Amit Verma
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Dialing ChangeJust Dial has become synonymous with its voice search service, but founder VSS Mani aims to go far beyond. Probing his ambition and vision was the cover story of our September 19 issue, in which he says that not only does he want to become an ecommerce player, he also wants to build a global ‘local search’ e-engine. Following its 2013 IPO, which raked in Rs 900 crore, Just D
Image by Mexy Xavier
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The Long GameTPG Capital is one of the largest private equity firms in the world, and has been in India since 2004. In our December 12 issue, we try to understand its investment strategy. What we come away with is the single mantra that is common to all its moves: TPG plays for the long term, taking months to understand the companies and promoters it may invest in, and stays with them for
Image by Joshua Navalkar

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