Pen\, paper & plainspeak: Akhil Gupta on his debut book\, WFH\, Covid-hit biz

Pen, paper & plainspeak: Akhil Gupta on his debut book, WFH, Covid-hit biz

In a free-wheeling conversation with Nivedita Mookerji, Gupta talks about his debut book, WFH, pandemic-hit businesses - and Jio

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Nivedita Mookerji 

It’s a pleasant break from all the Zoom meetings when Akhil Gupta, the numbers man at Bharti group, opts for a face-to-face lunch meeting. His first choice is Belvedere, a by-invitation club at The Oberoi in Delhi, but we finally settle for 360°, a multi-cuisine restaurant in the same hotel, for a real eating-out experience after a long time.

It’s early Saturday afternoon, and there’s no car whizzing into the driveway. The extraordinary silence at the hotel’s entrance comes as a reminder that there’s no such thing as rush hour anymore. In the ...
First Published: Sat, September 12 2020. 01:36 IST