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Corporate types love to pretend their life is exciting. The whispers, fist-pumping and animated hand gestures are all designed to lift our job description from what it really is - that of an overpaid clerk

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Chetan Bhagat
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: April 22
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National Capital Region of Delhi
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