Meeting Mark Zuckerberg!

I had the opportunity to meet Mark Zuckerberg in New Delhi recently. 

My meeting, as featured by Mid-Day today! 

Meeting Zuckerberg

“When you get a mail saying, ‘Would you like to join us for a lunch and keynote by Mark Zuckerberg’, you don’t wait to reply! You quickly jab ‘yes’ and then re-plan your calendar.” It was our friend, the dashing founder CEO of Games2win Alok Rodinhood Kejriwal on his lunch with The Man last week.

Mark Zuckerberg. Pic/PTI

“The Internet Pundits of India landed up at the Taj Palace Hotel, Delhi on Thursday, October 9 for a rather exclusive brush with The God of the Internet – Zucky Baba. I mean we have aapro Zubin so why not a Zucky Baba?” he says.

Alok Rodinhood Kejriwal with Cherie Blaire

“The keynote session was preceded by a very private luncheon in the Blue Ginger restaurant at the hotel, hosted by the gracious, affable and most definitely huggable Kirthiga Reddy – MD of Facebook India. She had assembled Facebook partners, friends and industry veterans to be up close and personal for the Zuckerberg address.”

And what about er ‘Zucky Baba’?

“All of a sudden, Kirthiga announced, “Hey, let’s rush… The doors are going to open and we don’t want to be outnumbered by the crowds…”

“A few minutes later, a rather diminutive, shy, college-looking bloke in a grey flannel t-shirt, jeans and Nike shoes (which had some dust on them) appeared. My God, he was Zuckerberg himself! He looked like a young teenager put on by conspiracy rather than design!”

“I found the experience humbling,” Says Kejriwal. “Here was the most successful entrepreneur on earth still making a fervent pitch and trying to make us believe.” 

Nice!

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