India, June 4 -- What led you to write your memoir.

Two instances in late 2021, perhaps, were the compelling triggers to start writing my memoir. The first one was the reaction of all the people at my father's memorial after reading his autobiography. Unanimously they were astonished to read my father's accomplishments and adventures and kept saying "We did not know Raju Krishnan was such a great man". This stuck a raw nerve. I knew I did want people to say such things at my memorial. If I have done anything worthwhile, I want to be appreciated when I am alive not when I am dead and gone. The second instance happened a month later when someone claiming to be a Bollywood producer called me and told me about a script that was going to be m...