Noise around consolidation becomes louder among Indian startups

“Mere paas ma hai (I have my mother).” The legendary line from Deewar could resonate well with the current Indian start-up scene. Imagine start-up founders saying, “I have SoftBank, Tiger Global… who do you have?” To which Vijay Shekhar Sharma of Paytm can promptly reply: “Mere paas(Jack) Ma hai.”