This blog is a collation of the innumerable memories of various people's interactions with Mr. Raghu Pillai. He has touched so many lives as a Leader, Retail Guru, Mentor, Advisor, Confidante, etc, etc. This blog is a tribute to his various facets and a memory to this great person.

Friday, 15 April 2011

Sher Khan

"Sher Khan " as some of us knew Raghu, was actually a mixture of childish innocence, curiosity, and freshness mixed with the guile, aggression and speed of an "earthy, warlord general" who, albeit had acquired the ways of the ''folks on the hill", but was quite comfortable in a genuine way, among the ranks of the front line. He always showed compassion towards problems of the frontline in a way that no one else did,not even the HR.

The sound of his footsteps were unique, and gait as majestic as the Sher Khan he was, but, his compassion and concern was actually in complete contrast to his persona.

A decade ago , on the premature demise of  KPR, our colleague and friend, he galvanized a campaign among friends and colleagues to bail out his family from an  financial abyss of loans, and even today KPR's
wife and two daughters (since well settled ) are ever grateful to their "God'"

Ashoke Bhaskaran worked with Raghu in RPG Retail and then again in Reliance Retail. He is currently VP in Relaince Retail Ltd

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