DLF's K P Singh retires with a regret, Gurgaon not the dream city he wanted

Gurgaon may be the flashiest suburb in India with its shiny towers, wide roads, hip malls, and penthouse apartments of top CEOs. But as he hangs up his boots after nearly six decades in business, Kushal Pal Singh, the man synonymous with the pre-eminence of Gurgaon, says he has just one regret -- Gurgaon is still not the futuristic city he had set out to create.

The 90-year-old Singh, who left an army job in 1961 to join DLF -- a company started by his father-in-law in 1946 -- retired as the company's chairman on Thursday. Having transformed Delhi Land