the Ravi Shankar Kailas way of doing business is about walking the big talk—and investing almost nothing.

Taking begging on the street online

Shivanand Shankar Mankekar is willing to part with a lot, except his privacy. Pictures of him are at a premium and he declines meetings with reporters unless assured that nobody will write about him. Yet, he is no enigma.

Page Industries, the company that has the licence to make Jockey innerwear in the subcontinent, is showing bigger companies the way to create shareholder value even without owning a brand.