When Rakesh Jhunjhunwala used to get Rs 60 as trainee chartered accountant

The person who died richer than 99.99 per cent of the planet's population remembered more fondly his pleasures from a simpler time

Nearly four decades ago, when Rakesh Jhunjhunwala was a young chartered accountant in training, he was paid a conveyance of Rs 60. Deductions would take away Rs 15 from this princely sum and he was left with Rs 45 by the time the allowance made its way to his hands.

He would save as much as he could from this amount, so that he would have a small amount to spend when he met his friends on the weekend at Chicken Centre. This was an eatery popular with the young at the time, perhaps because food and drink were affordable