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Jyotsna Suri is the chairperson and managing director of Bharat Hotels Ltd, which runs the prestigious Grand group of hotels. Suri took over from her husband, Lalit Suri, after his death in 2006

What does spirituality mean to you?
It is about connecting with my spirit, being one with it.
You will then ask what is spirit? It is not something we have ever seen. But to me, it is like an energy. It is what keeps me going. It is what makes me move on with life, get up in the morning, go about my daily duties, be happy, sad and all the rest.

I feel that spirit is purely and entirely in my own hands. I am happy when I want to be happy and angry if I allow myself to be so.
This energy, this spirit is in us all and can be moulded and used to make wonderful things.
It is for instance what got me out of my huge grief after Lalit died. I was walking the razor’s edge and I could have fallen down. But I did not, thanks to that spirit. It was not about God, I did not connect with any God. I was not even counselled by any so-called spiritual guru. I connected with myself and realized that if I wasn’t transforming my energies to perform positively again, I would only destroy myself.
And destroying myself would also mean affecting my family, the 3,000 people working for us, their families and so on. So the very conscious will to connect with my own spirit is what pulled me out of that dark place.

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