Earlier this week at the 15th Outlook Money Awards celebration, I overheard the CEO of a large financial company make note with one of his colleagues on how much more a rival CEO was paid, despite the rival being a smaller sized company than his. I started earning, relatively early in life; there was the odd scholarship in school, which meant the school fee was waived partially if not fully. Then I went to win a national scholarship when pursuing music, which only added to my income in early teenage. I was very content with the Rs 400 a month that entered my bank account in the mid 1980s.