Following his reappointment to the board of the Tata Trusts, Venu Srinivasan emailed his fellow trustees on October 21. The mail read: “My dear fellow trustees, thank you very much for the confidence reposed in me, and for the kind words that have been expressed. I sincerely hope we will now work harmoniously.”

Fellow trustee Mehli Mistry immediately responded: “Dear Venu, it has always been our intention to work harmoniously together! The only problem earlier was the lack of required information requested by us, which you all nominated directors have agreed to provide. We must bury the past, respect each other and move forward as a team unanimously! That’s what Ratan would have expected to do.”

Not an ego battle

Even as it indicates the trustees’ search for harmonious functioning, the

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