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 IST5 min

<strong>Poised to Strike</strong><br />In the cover story of our October 3 issue, we looked at AM Naik, the man at the helm of Larsen &amp Toubro (L&ampT)&nbsp for half a century. The 72-year-old has been steering the company&rsquos ambitions in the defence manufacturing sector, despite a decade of inertia shown by the previous defence ministry. L&ampT has continued to invest serious money into building capability, and not just capacity. Of its projects, the most ambitious would be the Warship builder. Whether or not Naik&rsquos bets will pay off now depends on the new man in charge of India&rsquos defence, Manohar Parrikar <br />

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Poised to StrikeIn the cover story of our October 3 issue, we looked at AM Naik, the man at the helm of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) for half a century. The 72-year-old has been steering the company&rsquos ambitions in the defence manufacturing sector, despite a decade of inertia shown by the previous defence ministry. L&T has continued to invest serious money into building capability, and

Image by Vikas Khot

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The Perfect HostPrithvi Raj Singh &lsquoBiki&rsquo Oberoi is the quintessential hotelier, and was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement honour at the Forbes India Leadership Awards 2014. Having inherited a nine-hotel business from his father in 1984, he has not only overseen its growth, but has made the brand synonymous with luxury. Stories about him&mdashwhether it be about his metic

Image by Amit Verma

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A Little Bird Told UsAs recently as 2013, in its IPO filing in October that year, Twitter had said that it did not see the country as a &ldquohigh-growth market&rdquo and highlighted &ldquogovernmental risks&rdquo in doing business here. Things have clearly changed: India is now one the social media giant&rsquos top 10 markets, and the fastest-growing. Today, Twitter in India finds itself

Image by Vikas Khot

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The DisruptorsForbes India&rsquos 30 under 30 list has, in just its second year, become a sought-after property. It takes a few months to put together, going through several stages of research, an open call for submissions, expert selection and meetings. Many from the &lsquoclass&rsquo of 2015 are already making waves. If you haven&rsquot heard about them yet, you soon will

Image by Amit Verma

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Still The Angry Young ManIn a candid chat, Ajay Devgn, who ranked 25th on our 2014 Celebrity 100 list, spoke about how he feels the film industry has changed: &ldquoIt was around the turn of the century that [it] started becoming more corporatised. Gone were the days when plans were sketched on a piece of paper and filming began. Now, there were proper business plans and people tried to t

Image by Vikas Khot

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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&rsquos vendors, became a commodity trader, expanded into chemicals, and then into a JV with the world&rsquos largest travel luggage maker, Samsonite. Now,

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&rsquos at his farm, tending to his horses and practising with his Jindal Panthers team-mates (he owns and captains the team)

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 &lsquolocal search&rsquo e-engine. Following its 2013 IPO, which raked in Rs 900 cro

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