Hair raising

Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Subir Gokarn’s rather distinctive hairstyle has attracted attention in the past, with at least one person mistaking him for a spiritual guru. He good-naturedly bore some more gentle ribbing on the subject last week, this time from R Ramakrishnan, CEO of Polycab Wires, who was speaking at an event at which Gokarn was chief guest. Ramakrishnan presented Gokarn with a book authored and published by him titled My African Odyssey – A photo journey to Kenya and Tanzania. The cover bore a picture of a lion with a wind-tossed mane. As he handed him the book, he looked askance at Gokarn’s wife Jyotsna Bapat and said the next time Gokarn had a bad hair day, she could remember this book because he would look just like that lion on the cover.