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Category Archives: Interview with Personalities

Be spontaneous and cook with abandon, says Ishita

Dubai-based Ishita Saha is going great guns with her culinary travel blog featuring Dubai, Kolkata and the world beyond. Ishita, who studied in St Xavier’s College, Kolkata, is a gourmet and loves traveling. She has been nominated for ‘Best Blogger’ in BBC Good Food Middle East Awards 2014. Currently, Ishita is the editor of UAE’s first Food and Travel E-Magazine – the Food e Mag dxb.

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‘Modi govt is capable of delivering’

Dixit A. Joshi has been the Head of Equities for Asia-Pacific at Deutsche Bank AG in Hong Kong since 2011. His economic insight, gift of leadership and force of personality have inspired the staff and made him one of the leading investment bankers in Asia. Earlier, he served as the Head of equities for Europe the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Deutsche Bank AG since July 2010.
Joshi tells Pankaj Adhikari about the Indian equity market, the reforms the Modi government should enact and his unique experience of working as an Indian in Hong Kong.

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The Indian who tackled HK’s hospitality hitches

Girish Jhunjhnuwala is the founder and CEO of the Ovolo Hotel Group and a successful entrepreneur based in Hong Kong. He received the Hong Kong Business Award for Owner Operator, the city’s most prestigious business award in 2012.
Girish, whose mantra is ‘think different’ and ‘challenge conventions’, speaks about his dynamic hospitality company, his contribution to the hotel industry and how he tackled HK’s hospitality hitches.

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‘Our roots in HK longer than many local Chinese’

Ashok Sakhrani is an eminent barrister based in Hong Kong. He shares his profound experiences of living in HK for three generations, his professional achievements and the contributions of Indian diaspora to HK’s growth.

Q: Historically there have been links between India and China from the days of Marco Polo…What is so striking about an Indian living in HK for so many years?

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