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Mumbai is an economic center and populated by 13 million people.
Mumbai, Maharashtra
This is the largest shopping mall in Mumbai.
There are 110 security guards providing a security blanket around this shopping mall.
People who are poorly dressed are even barred from entering the mall.
The shopping mall caters to upper class Indians.
Let's meet some of the wealthiest people in India.
Patni Group
This building is the company headquarters of the Patni Group, an IT service provider.
Patni Group (Family-owned business. Jain follower) Patni is one of the leading companies in technology services and business solutions.
The building is ultramodern, reflecting the company's high tech services.
This is the office of the founder and chairman of Patni.
As a graduate of MIT, he is a devout Jain follower.
Narendra K. Patni, Chairman and CEO of Patni I'll come in the morning and I'll open it and do a little prayer.
I do a little prayer in the morning as soon as I get up.
But I have one in every office. One in Boston.
It's unusual for a CEO of an IT services company
to pray before a shrine every morning
but he seems to be a man of strong convictions.
After his term as the CEO ends in November 2008,
he says he will become a regular employee.
He has several homes in America and India.
We were able to visit his home in Mumbai.
His home faced the beaches of Mumbai
and the home interior featured an art gallery-like look.
The Patni family members are vegetarians.
In Jainism, no creatures should be harmed
and root vegetables like potatoes and onions are not eaten
because it would kill the vegetables.
Many Indian businessmen like Patni are Jain followers.
Believers of Jain only comprise 0.4% of the Indian population
but they wield enormous economic power.
Reports say that one-third of the tax revenue in India is paid by Jain followers.
Why are there so many businessmen among Jain believers?
Anirudh Patni / CEO's son Jainism is for example...
The most important concept is non-violence and not harming life.
And what happens is if you really look at the root of that,
it's impossible to be a farmer.
How can someone... A farmer by definition will have to harm life
because it's a part of what they do.
You have to dig up the soil.
You have to kill the pests that eat the crops.
So what happens is Jains from very early on
they either became into philosophy and academics and religion
or they got into business.
The Patni family was a family of merchants for generation.
But Narendra studied abroad at MIT against the wishes of his father
and he founded the Patni group in his apartment with his wife.
Though he didn't inherit his family business, he is still a devout Jain believer.
Narendra always visits a temple once a week.
His regular visits to the temple are meaningful to him.
His religious beliefs are reflected in his life and business decisions.
He adheres to non-violence in both physical and non-physical interaction.
Even if an employee quits the company,
he or she will still have a favorable view of the company
because of his leadership.
He donates 10% of the company profits to the community.
This is based on his Jainism beliefs.
Donates 10% of the company profits every year
Narendra K. Patni, Chairman and CEO of Patni Nothing belongs to you.
It's really that when you leave, everything's going to stay behind
so non-attachment, nonviolence and non-attachment are the two cornerstones.
When you start with that philosophy, you realize
that you're really not attached to the worldly goods.
Then you should use them for the best you can during the lifetime
or create a legacy in charity.