On a day when Air India’s maharaja began to look a little less stately with its fat cats going on strike, the king of good times, Vijay Mallya—the owner of Kingfisher Airlines and a “doctorate of philosophy in business administration from the University of South California”—enjoys a hearty laugh at a business do in Bangalore on Tuesday.

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