In the cozy cottages of the ‘Casa Piccola Cottage’ heritage hotel, adjoining the narrowing lane of Clapham Road in Bengaluru, the 58 year old Benjamine Oberoi is having a busy morning with her clients checking in and out.
Dressed in a salwar kameez and talking bits of Hindi to her staff, her entrepreneurial spirit sparkles as she provides personal attention to every customer. As a French national settled in India for 30 years and who travels to remote corners of the country to work with NGOs just because she “feels good” and gets to “meet nice people”, expecting no monetary returns, she is truly unconventional.