Pune: Diego Graffi, the managing director and CEO of Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd, has been living in the city for two years and as much as he has come to embrace it, he says it has embraced him as well.
The Italian loves everything about Pune except that he feels a dedicated airport, even if only for better domestic connectivity, will serve the city well. “When we have to go to another city for meetings, we have to plan a day in advance or come back a day later because of the restricted flight timings in Pune. Even for leisure trips to places such as Goa, a weekend getaway spills over to a day more.”
For now, much of his flight trips happen from Mumbai. He rues the long travel to and from the Mumbai airport.
Graffi moved to Pune two years ago and chose to stay in an apartment complex in the Magarpatta township for its proximity to his workplace and also because of easy access to all modern amenities.
His acceptance of the city and country is evident in the Hindi ringtone that plays as his phone rings midway through the conversation. Paneer is another thing he has grown fond of. In restaurants here, he prefers to have authentic Indian food over mixed Italian food.
31/03/19 Satyanarayan Iyer/Times of India
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The Italian loves everything about Pune except that he feels a dedicated airport, even if only for better domestic connectivity, will serve the city well. “When we have to go to another city for meetings, we have to plan a day in advance or come back a day later because of the restricted flight timings in Pune. Even for leisure trips to places such as Goa, a weekend getaway spills over to a day more.”
For now, much of his flight trips happen from Mumbai. He rues the long travel to and from the Mumbai airport.
Graffi moved to Pune two years ago and chose to stay in an apartment complex in the Magarpatta township for its proximity to his workplace and also because of easy access to all modern amenities.
His acceptance of the city and country is evident in the Hindi ringtone that plays as his phone rings midway through the conversation. Paneer is another thing he has grown fond of. In restaurants here, he prefers to have authentic Indian food over mixed Italian food.
31/03/19 Satyanarayan Iyer/Times of India
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