The rise of Danube’s Anis Sajan: from Mumbai chawl to Dubai’s Emirates Hills

The rise of Danube’s Anis Sajan: from Mumbai chawl to Dubai’s Emirates Hills

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Irish Eden Belleza, Senior Visual Editor ; Ahmed Ramzan, Staff Photographer and Sharmila Dhal, UAE Editor

As the little boy from the Pant Nagar chawl, now a 49-year-old business tycoon, walks down memory lane from his palatial home in Dubai’s upscale Emirates Hills, it’s a classic Bollywood-blockbuster journey. But no, this is no rags-to-riches narrative on reel.  It’s the real life story of Anis Sajan, the unpretentious Danube Group vice-chairman, who has no qualms delving deep into his modest past. 

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