When India got independence, entrepreneurs were seen as a bad lot, as people who would exploit.

When India got independence, entrepreneurs were seen as a bad lot, as people who would exploit.

My parents were concerned that I would not get good schooling, so they put me up in my uncle's house in Dharwad, and I spent about six years there. So at a very young age, I was away from my parents. I developed an amount of independence and learned to stand on my own feet.