Cigar lounges mushroom as smoking ritual turns into networking opportunity

(Economic Times) With Fidel Castro on their lips and Steve Jobs in their hearts, a select set of young executives and entrepreneurs across Indian metros is turning a smoking ritual into the fine art of networking.
The visual throwback to the communist icon mingles seamlessly with the animal spirits of the emerging economy.
Rajat Wahi, a former chief of Revlon's Europe operationsturned-consultant, is among the initiated. After sundown, he heads straight to a lounge in Gurgaon, where a group of business leaders greets him. Continued

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