Way back in 2020, I wrote this when the famous imbroglio between then Chairman Cyrus Mistry and Ratan Tata happened. My Blog from 2020 Since then, Rata Tata has passed on and ever since Noel Tata took over as the Chairman, very single day we see news reports of some controversy or other. Directors have resigned, others forced out, still others not given extension, etc. Then we hear about this bizarre demand that the Tata Sons Chairman Chandrashekar must publicly state that he is against taking Tata Sons public. When the issue is legal, the Govt and regulatory authorities breathing down their neck, this demand is illogical. Over the last 18 months the Tata group has been rocked by one controversy after another and all of them except one involved the Board and Noel Tata. On the face of it, they seem bizarre since the board and the group have always behaved with grace and rarely have public spats except when a major issue was involved. Even then the issue was clear, the public spect...
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