Goli No 6..."Simple Infosys…… Eats Humble Vada Pav”

I met Rohini Nilekani at the Summit after her Panel debate session….. as I mentioned Goli Vada Pav… she said she was hungry… “Do you have Goli Vada Pav’s here?”…. as I nodded… she said “let’s go… “

Before I knew she was walking with me…. Asking a lot of questions….. On Vada Pav’s… how it is made…. Where it is made…. How it is fried….. Health…. calories… etc….

But as she digged into the vada pav……. She said “Venky, when is Goli vada pav coming to Bangalore?” …. During those 10 minutes of Vada Pav murmurings…. Rohini Nilekani never gave me the feeling that I was talking to the wife of Nandan Nilekani founder member, M.D CEO of Infosys….. India’s biggest IT name…..

Infact her simplicity…..Curiosity……… Humility…… enthusiasm……. Made me feel as if I was talking to any teenager from Mumbai eating vada pav on the pavements of Mumbai…..


A few minutes later…. I saw Nandan Nilekani amongst a huge crowd…. Surrounded by people….. Press….… A simple briefcase in one hand….. And Goli Vada Pav in the other hand….. A scene straight out side any Mumbai railway station…. Where you try to dodge the crowd with a briefcase in one hand …. And somehow manage to lay your hands on a vada pav…..

And as I saw Nandan biting into the vada pav…. I Summarised……

“Simple Infosys…… Eats Humble Vada Pav”