In the morning paper is a news photograph from Kashmir showing two policemen and a young protester. The policemen are restraining the young man from joining the funeral procession of a fellow protester who has died as a result of police firing. The man is shirtless, and the two policemen have placed a hand and a finger, respectively, on his bare chest &mdash; in a gesture more officious than threatening &mdash; to indicate that he and the others with him must go no further.

Between dog and wolf

Business Standard

Forty years ago, the box office debacle of Mera Naam Joker nearly drove Raj Kapoor to sell off R K Studios to clear his debts. Had Kapoor made the film today, he could have sold off the film&rsquo;s rights &mdash; the rights for satellite television screenings, for home video, pay-per-view, overseas distribution and so on &mdash; even before he&rsquo;d made the film, so the film&rsquo;s box-office failure wouldn&rsquo;t have mattered.

Who cares for the box office?

Gourmets rejoice! Exotic foods are now available at select stores in the metros. Anoothi Vishal does a quick recce of what&rsquo;s on offer.

Taste matters

Two fine books I have read recently were both suggested by a friend with whom I exchange such notes.

Ideas and people

Jodhpur is an unlikely venue for wine tasting: a quaint 450-year old city tucked away in western Rajasthan, the city is a delightful (if littered) throwback to the past, dominated as it is by the brooding presence of Mehrangarh Fort and the scalloped ice-cream cake spread of the Umaid Bhavan Palace.

Wining the Rajwara

Alok Kejriwal tells Vanita KoHli-khandekar why exits in the Internet business are tough.

The lure of a start-up

Tishani Doshi marvels at how a baby can get a woman respectability in the eyes of the world.

Rent-a-baby

Official: Due to heavy rains, due to which water collected on the floor.

Commonwealth shames

Maruti Suzuki&rsquo;s bestseller gets a thorough makeover.

Alto Ego

I am a professional based in Mumbai. My driving is limited to within the city, and I cover about 40 km a day. I have a chauffeur to do the driving duties. I own a last-generation Honda City and it has been a happy experience owning it. I would now like to replace it. I was considering going in for the current City but I also took a look at the Maruti Suzuki SX4. The SX4 deal is very sweet and even the top-end ZXi version is offering me a huge saving compared to the City.

Seal the deal

    This company in 1936 held a public contest to rename itself in order to shed its founding family name. It received 27,000 responses, but finally chose to use a name which had no meaning. Name the company.

Answers to last week's quiz (#160)

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    Which mobile handset manufacturer is developing phones for the Indian market that can also double up as a mosquito repellent?&nbsp;
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    Name the person and the cereal brand he started after visiting the Battle Creek Sanitarium and getting treated by John Harvey Kellogg in the late 1890s?&nbsp;
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    Which company is known to be the first to have promoted its brand by introducing the concept of coupons?&nbsp;
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    This brand is more than 100

The Strategist Quiz (#161)

The Indian newspaper market is the biggest in the world.

KIT: the Indian Newspaper Market

THE WEALTH OF NATIONS
Authors: Adam Smith and Andrew S Skinner 
Publisher: Penguin 
Price: Rs 796
ISBN: 0140436154.
BUFFETOLOGY
Authors: Mary Buffett and David Clark 
Publisher: Simon &amp; Schuster
Price: Rs 796
ISBN: 0684871718.
SEVEN STAGES OF MONEY MATURITY
Author: George Kinder
Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Pub
Price: Rs 796
ISBN: 0440508339.
ALL THE RIGHT MOVES 
Author: Janis Landis 
Publisher: iUniverse
Price: Rs 843
ISBN: 0595001092.
RED-HOT COLD CALL SELLING
Author: Paul S Goldner
Publisher: Amacom Book Division
Price: Rs 997
ISBN: 0814478808.
ECONOMICS EXPLAINED
Authors: Robert Heilbroner and Lester Thurow
Publisher: Simon &amp; Schuster
Price: Rs 796
ISBN: 0684846411.
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN THE NEW ECONOMY
Author: Rick Blunt
Publisher: iUniverse
Price: Rs 843
ISBN: 0595167241.
GENDERSELL
Author: Judith C Tingley 
Publisher: Simon &amp; Schuster
Price: Rs 843
ISBN: 0684864371.
TESTED ADVERTISING METHODS
Authors: John Caples and

The top 10 business bestsellers

Sony Computer Entertainment, which markets PlayStation2 (PS2), PlayStation Portable (PSP) and PlayStation3 (PS3), will launch PlayStation Move (PSMove), an upcoming motion-sensing game controller platform for the PS3, in India in September.

Sony Computer Entertainment: Move in action

Heinz is all set to launch a slew of packaged food products in India. It had entered the country in 1994 after it had acquired Complan malted beverage and Glucon-D energiser from Glaxo. Six years later, it came out with its Heinz ketchup. Ten years after that, it has lined up condiments, juices and snacks.

Heinz: Heinz again

Cadbury&rsquo;s &lsquo;Kuch meetha ho jaaye&rsquo; (Let&rsquo;s save something sweet) positioning for its Dairy Milk chocolate has just got a fresh lease of life. Over the last 60 years, India&rsquo;s largest confectioner has tried to cover every feel-good factor there is in everyday life. It all started with &lsquo;The real taste of life&rsquo; which was a montage ad showing young girls breaking into a dance, an old man kicking a ball, boys throwing chocolate at a bus and so on. This was followed by the cricket ad where a girl breaks into an impromptu dance. This campaign catapulted the confectioner&rsquo;s fortunes and market share to new heights.

Well begun is half done

The Timex Group, one of the world&rsquo;s largest watch makers, set up operations in India in 1992. Over the years the market has evolved and a number of players, both national and international, have rolled out aggressively. Timex India is now catching up and looks ready to provide some strong competition.

Q&A: Kapil Kapoor & VD Wadhwa, Timex

Kishore Biyani is betting big on private labels in food. So after noodles, breakfast cereals and soup, it&rsquo;s the turn of rice, snacks, spices and edible oil.

Future's growing appetite for food

From hiring musicians to beefing up distribution, firms are doing everything to push their brands in rural India.

Cement makers pull out all the stops for Bharat

Tailor-made technology helps physically challenged to reconnect with the digital world.

Assistive technology comes to aid the specially-abled

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