So here I am, again, on the top of a Swiss mountain, surrounded by the world's wealthiest and most powerful. And, as per normal, I am suffering from mild altitude sickness. Here is a typical (and true) conversation with a random stranger sitting in the partners' lounge of the Davos congress centre. "Where are you from? Your badge says India." "Well, I sit on the board of a big Indian institution,
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