India, Feb. 25 -- First, he fought with the trustees, who opposed him, or his loyalists. He won that war in a handsome manner, acting shrewdly and smartly, despite making legal blunders on the way. After he got control of the Tata Trusts, which are majority owners in Tata Sons, he unleashed his whip against the latter's chairman, N Chandrasekaran, who ironically had supported him. Like the late Ratan Tata, his successor, Noel Tata, has decided to take on entrenched and powerful insiders. Ratan won those battles, and became the absolute emperor. Noel, who was invariably treated as an underdog, wants to repeat history. Hence, it is not surprising that the boardroom battles within Tata Sons, which is the parent for the group, have become a m...