Turning 50 hasn’t slowed him down, says Manish Goel. “Age is just a number for me. The hunger and passion remain the same. I want to keep working… there’s still so much I want to do,” he adds.

In a time when corruption no longer hides its face and political violence is becoming routine, outrage has become the default language of public life. Equanimity may seem irrelevant—or, worse, ...