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...arrived at the Outhouse. It's a broken-down three-story building with several SUVs parked in front, stereos blaring. The loudest SUV is playing Hill's Lost Ones. This is the place where Rah and other local rappers, like the Outsidaz, hang out. Young Zee, an up-and-coming rapper, comes out and gives Rah a long kiss. Turns out they're engaged (he's also the father of her daughter). "We want to get married on a Valentine's Day," says Rah. "We've been together eight years now. Valentine's Days keep slippin...
Subhash Chandra's office is located on the rooftop floor of the 35-story Oberoi Towers building in Bombay. The headquarters of his company, Zee Telefilms, are 45 min. away, but Chandra prefers to work here. It's easy to see why: the city's coastal skyline gleams below, and the murky waters of the Arabian Sea appear almost crystalline. "The view's superb, isn't it?" Chandra says, rubbing...
There is a campy, master-of-the-universe aspect about it too. But Chandra has reason to gaze from commanding heights. Seven-year-old Zee Telefilms is India's media powerhouse, delivering programs through seven Indian cable-TV channels and reaching 180 million viewers in Asia--and 15 million homes in Europe, Africa and the U.S. The company has expanded into Internet content, and its market capitalization of $10 billion makes it one of India's most valuable firms. While much of India's entrepreneurial talent, energy and money have poured into the booming software industry, Chandra, 49, says...
...million satellite venture called Agrani (Sanskrit for "staying ahead"), which aims to provide satellite telephone service to the more than 50% of Indians who still do not have reliable phone access. "What satellites do best is provide connectivity to remote areas," he says. The satellites will also allow Zee to beam its programs around the world. Once he gets "sat phones" into the hands of ordinary Indians--he thinks it will happen within two or three years--Chandra will start pumping Internet content and e-mail services through them. Other firms have tried this satellite stuff and failed; Chandra dismisses...
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