What happens when the “King of Good Times” finally tells his side? I sat through 4 hours of the Raj Shamani x Vijay Mallya podcast—and it wasn’t what I expected. Not a full defense. But raw honesty. He said sorry. He said the banks refused to settle. He said he wasn’t a fraud—just a founder whose big bet failed. Whether you believe him or not is your call. But it made me think: Do we judge failure too quickly? Do we confuse ambition with arrogance, or business loss with crime? Mallya might still have a long way to go—but how many own up, even partially? For those building today: • Be transparent • Protect your image, but don’t fake it • Valuation isn’t value • Own your story before someone else does Maybe, just maybe, we need to stop vilifying every fall. There’s always a human behind the headlines. What does accountability mean when things go wrong? Let’s talk.
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