Former bureaucrat Ganesh Jagtap says he will miss Cyrus Mistry’s compassionate nature and love for Maharashtrian food. The former chairman of Tata Sons was killed in a car crash near Mumbai on Sunday.

A compassionate soul

“Very humble, compassionate and down to earth. That is how Cyrus was when we first met. He was always like that. He was very fond of roadside food like vada pav, pav bhaji and tea from roadside vendors,” Jagtap said, recalling some of their trips in Maharashtra and Gujarat.