A rags-to-riches story is irresistible. And the fact that there are so

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A rags-to-riches story is irresistible. And the fact that there are so few of them around, makes the isolated reports one gets to hear of people who clawed their way up to the top through sheer grit and gumption, even more engaging.

Though the IT boom has made entrepreneurs out of common men and women, the individuals you see here stand out simply because they had neither the means to a good education, nor secure financial ‘cushions’ to fall back on.

On the contrary, every step they took was uncharted territory, every step fraught with risk. But make it they did, in their own way. We get Ashank Desai and Subramani Ramachandrappa to talk about their life experiences and learnings.

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My next thought was that to maintain continuity, there are two things - No means to good edu means every step would be unchartered territory and no financial cushion means every step fraught with risk.
"But make it they did, in their own way." as the continuing thought makes no sense.