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YouTube a reflection of what India is evolving into, says Satya Raghavan

'YouTube is an economy by itself', said Raghavan

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Satya Raghavan, director, YouTube Partnerships, India | Illustration by Binay Sinha

Vanita Kohli-Khandekar
Satya Raghavan raises his six foot-plus frame out of the chair as I walk into Eest. The Asian restaurant at the Westin, Gurugram, is empty and Raghavan strides across to give me a quick hug. It has been a while since I met the 45-year-old head of partnerships at the largest OTT platform in India. For some reason, we chat about Ogden Nash’s poetry before turning to the menu. Raghavan opts for the Chinese vegetarian Bentobox and I go for the non-vegetarian one. Soon we are comfortably settled and sipping our Chinese teas. But Raghavan, who I have known in