At 48 Cyrus Madan is Chief Operating Officer of Carnations Hotels of the LemonTree brand. When not riding his Triumph Tiger 800, he’s scouting the country looking for newer properties to expand the brand’s influence.

Reminiscing of his illustrious lineage and the joyous years growing up in the steel city of Jamshedpur, we caught up with him one lazy Sunday in Gurgaon on the Long Way Home.