THRISSUR: Radiating positivity and with a ‘chandanakuri’ on her forehead, Rathnam P G greets all visitors with a handful of home-made chocolates. Refusing to let the four walls of her room ...

P.R. Venkat is a Real Time Editor overseeing coverage of Asian equities and money markets for Dow Jones out of Singapore. Follow him on Twitter at @byvenkat. He can be reached at [email protected].