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It was early January of 1985, when I landed in Kolkata on my new assignment with Godrej Soaps Ltd (as Godrej Consumer Products, or GCPL, was known then), as a Sales executive. Winter chill pervaded the air, and signs of New Year revelry were visible everywhere, more so on the famed Park Street.