The Travels Of A Hybrid Sahib

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Simon Scraff, Chairman of GlaxoSmithKline Healthcare, tells Bhupesh Bhandari that he falls somewhere between White Moghul and pucca sahib
India has played host to two kinds of Englishmen: those who adopted local customs, wore Indian dress with ease and took Indian wives, and the pucca sahibs.
But it is difficult to put Simon J Scraff, chairman of GlaxoSmithKline Healthcare Ltd, in either of the two categories. He has spent 27 years in India
First Published: Jul 01 2003 | 12:00 AM IST