"In 1947, Hindus constituted around 30% of the population, " says Subroto Chowdhury, a Hindu community leader in Dhaka.

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"What we have here is not just a tech industry -- it's a community, " says Subroto Bagchi, co-founder of MindTree.

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It is run by flamboyant businessman Subroto Roy Sahara who styles himself as a "worker's friend" and has a rags-to-riches story.

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Meanwhile, SEBI also ordered the attachment of the firms' properties as well as those of top executives, including the flamboyant Chairman Subroto Roy Sahara.

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No country in the world is more attuned to these changes than India and I got talking with crowdsourced labor specialist Subroto Gupta, a Vice President, Corporate Initiatives, at Genpact, earlier in the week to think about the future of outsourced work.

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