Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das | If you were to give someone from the Indian media the title of ‘Khatron ka Khiladi’, who would it be? Someone who plays the tough game, has no fear and is generally the winner?

We thought we would the start the week with a fun question, so here it is. Here’s Dr Bhaskar Das in the July 25 edition of Das ka Dum. Read on…

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Q. If you were to give someone from the Indian media the title of ‘Khatron ka Khiladi’, who would it be? Someone who plays the tough game, has no fear and is generally the winner?

A. It’s difficult to find one in a classical sense, like, say, Elon Mask. In a sense, every media owner or business owner is a Khatron Ka Khiladi as they confront a range of VUCA-led challenges while carrying on business. But if you still insist on names I can share my exposure (I am lucky enough) of a few such Khiladis like Samir Jain, Vineet Jain, Dr Subhash Chandra, Punit Goenka, Girish Agarwal, etc. All of them challenged the industry gravity and created new rules of the game.