Anand Gopal Mahindra mostly known as Sir Anand Mahindra was born on May 1, 1955, in Mumbai. Harish Mahindra, his father was a businessman and his mother, Indira Mahindra, was a housewife. Anuja Sharma and Radhika Nath are siblings of 66 year old billionaire. His grandfather named Jagdish Chandra Mahindra, is the co-founder of Mahindra & Mahindra which is now a world renown corporation.
In 2014, Along With Mukesh Ambani and Mahesh Samat, sir mahindra co-founded EPIC, an Indian television channel. Later , Ambani and Samat sold their stakes to Anand Mahindra. With a total market valuation of US$19 billion, Mahindra Group is one of India’s top 10 biggest enterprises. Anand Mahindra and his brother-in-law, athletics commentator Charu Sharma also launched PRO KABADDI CHAMPIONSHIP in 2014.
After his uncle Keshub Mahindra signed resignation in August 2012, he was named President of the Mahindra Group’s Council and Management Team. In 2016, he was promoted to Executive Chairman of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd and Chairman of the Mahindra Group as well. Anand Mahindra was fired as the co-promoter of Kotak Mahindra Banking 2013 although he remained a non-executive member.
An Artist from Kanchipuram has buzzed the internet with his mind blowing art work of entrepreneur sir Anand Mahindra’s face using archaic Tamil scripts. He posted a video of the painting on social media to which Anand Mahindra replied himself. In the video, the artist displayed his artwork using Tamil letters and characters.
To be more precise, the artist created Anand Mahindra’s portrait using archaic Tamil letters. Using Twitter, Ganesh added a video of himself drawing Anand Mahindra’s portrait. He posted this video on Twitter on May 19 that has over 1.75 lakh views till now. Ganesh added a caption with the video in the post saying:-
“HEY, @ANANDMAHINDRA. THIS IS GANESH, FROM KANCHIPURAM, I HAVE DRAWN A PIC OF YOU WITH 741 ANCIENT TAMIL LETTERS. IT’S ONE OF THE FIRST DRAWINGS OF THIS KIND. WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR OPINION ON THIS.”
Hey, @anandmahindra This is Ganesh, from Kanchipuram, I have drawn a pic of you with 741 Ancient Tamil letters. It's one of the first drawings of this kind.Would love to hear your opinion on this.@MahindraRacing
@MahindraElctrc @MahindraRise pic.twitter.com/Of4C2nCbYB— GANESH SUNDAR (தமிழ் எழுத்து ஓவியர்) (@SGaniiganesh) May 19, 2022
Anand Mahindra appreciated the painter in a very long and humble tweet which was written in Tamil, and expressed his heartfelt desire to display the amazing artwork in his home.
Anand Mahindra’s statement is as follows:
“FOR THE SAKE OF THE GRANDEUR OF THE TAMIL LANGUAGE, I WOULD LIKE TO PLACE A PORTRAIT IN MY HOUSE IN APPRECIATION OF THE CREATOR”
ஆஹா, என் உருப்படம் 741 பழமையான தமிழ் எழுத்துக்களால் வடிவானது , நான் வியக்கிறேன்.
தமிழ் மொழி பிரம்மாண்டத்தின் பொருட்டு, உருவாக்கியவரின் பாராட்டாக , உருவ படத்தை என் வீட்டில் வைக்க விருப்பபடுகிறேன்.. https://t.co/9nAyMAlUAK— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) May 23, 2022
After receiving reply from sir Anand Mahindra himself, Gansesh expressed his gratitude saying:
“HELLO SIR. THANK YOU, SIR … I AM SO GLAD YOU SET ASIDE TIME FOR ME IN THE MIDST OF YOUR WORKLOAD AND COMPLIMENTED ME. IT WAS THE MOST MEMORABLE DAY OF MY LIFE. I LOOK FORWARD TO GIVING YOU THIS SKETCH”