India-born Ajit Jain is seen as one of the front-runners to Warren Buffett as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. speaks to Time of India

Ajit Jain is amazed at how the difference between India and the West in terms of availability of products and services has been narrowed although the income gap within has widened. He says “10 years ago, when his mother had to undergo a bypass surgery, he took her to Mount Sinai in the US. But more recently, when she had to undergo the operation again, she chose Apollo Hospital in India”.