TITLE: Mr. Gekko

The DIFC district in Dubai is where financial whiz kids have mergers for breakfast, acquisitions for lunch and then dress up in their fanciest to celebrate the M&As of the day at spiffy restaurants at night. Everything about it evokes a sense of corporate machismo - sleek Wall Street types striding about with a great sense of urgency. If you concentrate hard, you can almost see the thought blurbs buzzing above their heads. ‘Damn! Yet to make a million before lunch’.

AUTHOR: Mriganka Kalita (United Arab Emirates)