The current financial year has been quite tough for Tata Motors and its fortunes. Losing market share and market position, Tata Motors is desperately looking at alternatives, especially from its current stable of cars to stem the tide. And it has a whole bunch of variants lined up over the next year or two.

Fair and square

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The Kung Fu genre of films is well known and well loved &mdash; all those Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan films, Kung Fu Panda, Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon, and so on, movies that you can watch endless re-runs of on television because they have lots of spectacular action, and the charming mystique of an millennia-old esoteric tradition. Now you can watch Kung Fu action on stage.

Kung fu spectacle

The 35-acre Sula vineyards in Nashik is the picturesque venue for a music festival this weekend &mdash; the Sulafest 2013, a testimony to how festival culture is gathering momentum in India. The organisers hope the mix of wine and music, will be a winner &mdash; visitors will unwind to the music as they are introduced to their wines.

Rock, reggae and raga

If a healthy vegan lifestyle is what you&rsquo;re aiming for, will you seek advice from the portly film director David Dhawan? If yes, then you should pick up a copy of Anuradha Sawhney&rsquo;s The Vegan Kitchen: Bollywood Style!.

The vegan diaries

When you think of sporty hatches, one of the first cars to come to mind will undoubtedly be the Fiat Punto 90HP. But now, its former stable-mate, the Tata Indica Vista, wants in on that action.

Boost is the secret

When Suma Gireesh, a software professional in Bangalore, was pregnant, one of the many decisions she took was opting for private cord blood banking. &ldquo;I had seen the brochures for it at my gynaecologist&rsquo;s office and it sounded like a lot of medical cures in future would be based on stem cells,&rdquo; says Gireesh, whose child is now five years old. For Suranya Aiyar, a lawyer in Delhi, the reasons were more personal.

Ties of blood

From basic leather sofas to ones which transfrom into chaise lounges in nine seconds, BS Weekend lists out options which will look best in your living room.

Leather comfort

Chillers are a good way to store wines&nbsp;- at least for fussy oenophiles with deep pockets. Alok Chandra lists out what they should be looking for, why and where.

Make way for wines

When Kalpana Saroj, chairperson of Kamani Tubes, walks up to the President of India to receive her Padma Shri later this year, she will be wearing a diamond necklace and a Kanjeevaram sari. What she would really like is to be able to travel to Delhi in her own aircraft, but she isn&rsquo;t sure purchase negotiations (which are going on) will be complete by then.

Breaking through

The laws of economics say that the demand for any commodity goes down when its price rises. There are substantial exceptions to the rule in India (real estate and gold) but it holds true by and large. This doesn&rsquo;t seem to be happening at Worli Way Service Station, a fuel station at a busy junction in downtown Mumbai. Diesel prices went up 45 paisa on every litre a few days ago, yet, claims Rajeev Matoo, the owner of the station, sales have climbed 12 per cent.

Diesel drama

For employees of the Indian unit of Mondelez International, the $32-billion snacking powerhouse formed last year following the separation of the confectionery and grocery businesses of Kraft Foods, February 1 will be a red-letter day. Almost 800 to 1,000 people across departments will hit the road as salesmen and women in about 50 to 60 cities in the country. Their task will be to convince local shop-keepers to stock their company&rsquo;s products (that is, if they haven&rsquo;t).

Shopper marketing takes centre stage at Cadbury

I own a Corolla and I want to buy a second car for roughing it out. I want to buy a 2-4 year old mid-sized diesel car. The choices are: Ikon diesel, Indigo diesel, Accent diesel, Esteem diesel and

Used oil

The eyeball-grabbing concepts at Frankfurt

I drive a Maruti 800 DX. I plan to upgrade to a midsize car and have shortlisted the Honda City EXi and the Hyundai Accent CRDi. My priorities are good looks, trouble-free ownership, a powerful

Hyderabad blues

I have just returned to India from the US where I used to drive a BMW 5 Series estate. I have seen a huge BMW showroom in Bangalore (I am now stationed in Udupi) but they don't seem to stock cars.

Beemer`lore

The Mumbai-based Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) in association with the Bombay Stock Exchange has launched a two-year full-time MBA in capital markets programme. 


MBA in capital markets


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The Strategist biz quiz

One of Europe's most loved small cars has just got itself a new iteration. The Clio had the tough task of replacing the legendary Renault 5, and after it did just that in 1990, it never looked back

All Clio

I am in the market for a diesel SUV. Now, this will be our second car (we have a Camry for city use). I find the Honda CR-V far too common and of course they don't come with diesel engines. Can you

UV Trail

I have test driven the following: Maruti Esteem VXi (pathetic), Ford Ikon (very nice) and the Hyundai Accent (feels big). Based on my budget, should I go for an Ikon 1.3 or an Accent 1.5 GLE?

Star car

I have just started working with a financial company. Amusingly, my first transfer is to Patna. My daily travel would be around 20 km in the city and a couple of outstation visits in a month.

Patna on the back

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