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Uncommon Ground – Rohini Nilekani’s book launched

Uncommon Ground | Oct 14, 2011

Rohini Nilekani’s book, ‘Uncommon Ground: Dialogues between business and social leaders’ was launched here on Thursday.
The book stemmed from the author’s 2008 television series of the same name on NDTV. It documents eight broad conversations between top business and social leaders about topics such as food, energy and transportation
in India.

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