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Last Thursday, in a renovated fourth-floor room at Bombay House, six people decided the fate of India's most storied business empire, and only one of them walked out feeling like he'd lost.

Noel Tata arrived armed. He carried a seven-page note opposing RBI's listing order, a two-page argument against giving N. Chandrasekaran a third term, and a 40-page legal opinion from former Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud. He expected a fight. Instead, he got silence - the board let him speak uninterrupted. Chandrasekaran even complimented his preparation. It felt, briefly, like things ...