New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- Deepinder Goyal's latest public message does something quieter but more deliberate; it treats former employees as part of the company's future, not its past.

In a post addressed directly to Zomato alumni, Goyal invited ex-employees to consider returning to Eternal Limited, regardless of how or why they left. The invitation applies equally to those who moved on by choice and those who were asked to leave.

The note was personal in tone, but its implications are organisational. It arrives at a moment when Eternal is no longer a single company but a growing group with multiple businesses under one roof.

Goyal acknowledged something founders rarely say in public, that Zomato, at different stages of its journey, may not ...