This weekend saw the celebration of one of India's most respected and successful business houses, the sesquicentennial anniversary of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group, whose patriarch Pallonji Mistry happens to be the largest shareholder in the Tata Group, and whose son Cyrus Mistry happens to be its chairman.

The Pallonji Mistry clan is as celebrated as it is reclusive. Eschewing media attention, unlike its peers, it has grown in size and stature completely under the radar and more surprisingly-scam-free. So it is fitting, that this weekend the anniversary was marked with quiet dignity and with classical performances and speeches at the NCPA.