Shuchi Bansal and Sreelatha Menon reconstruct the flashpoints between the workers and management of Graziano Trasmissioni in siGreater Noida that sparked off labour riots and resulted in the heinous

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Vineyards in bloom

Going to Paris? Take a weekend off to discover Champagne country &mdash; over many decadent flutes of bubbly, says Anoothi Vishal.

On the Champagne trail

Feel like sinking your teeth into scrumptious cookies and brownies that just melt in the mouth? We handpick some of these sinful delights for you just so that you know exactly what to look for this

Perfect crumble

As expected, the October rating list sees upheaval.

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Rarely have I been so pleased to know nothing about money and have very little of it; in fact, for the first time in my life I feel quite fashionable.

Collateral damage

Aabhas Sharma meets Uday Punj whose twin passions are people and technology. He brings them together in Chimes, an aviation academy.

Investing in people

Tina Tahiliani, banker-turned-fashion retailer, tells Neha Bhatt why designers get stuck with &ldquo;ethnic&rdquo; wear, and why foreign brands can&rsquo;t outsell Indian ones.

Three for the price of one Gucci

There are three fashion entities in existence that claim to be helping nurture young designers.

Style without substance

A friend of filmmaker Ismail Merchant, a great cook, a gossipy raconteur, and now a novelist, Richard C Morais serves up a fare of words for elevenses to Kishore Singh.

Almost a meal

For those who have always wondered why we&rsquo;ve never quite had satisfactory &ldquo;airport thrillers&rdquo; or what is often unfairly dismissed as pulp fiction set in the Indian subcontinent and

Plotting the new Game for oil

Mike Bryan is a year into his job as Penguin India&rsquo;s CEO. His arrival in 2007 coincided with the first Penguin Annual Lecture in India, by globalisation guru Thomas L Friedman.

Reading change

Gargi Gupta visits the MoonRiver store and finds that organised madness is the design principle at work in its layout and design.

Breaking the Clutter

You might be repulsed by Abir Karmakar&rsquo;s art, but Gargi Gupta finds that that is exactly the effect the artist is aiming for.

Skin show

* Vadehra Art Gallery presents a solo show by eminent artist A Ramachandran at the Jehangir Art Gallery in Mumbai.

Past masters and new stars

We take two of the fastest burners of the dirty fuel in the country for a monsoon drive.

Down and dirty...

Bijoy uses his editorial rights to live out his Soviet Land dreams during the i10 drive.

The curtain&#39;s down!

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    In 1990, this Chicago-based company was the first to reward its workers for taking buses and trains to work, instead of driving cars. Name it.

The Strategist Quiz (#067)

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    Why was &ldquo;Dunnington&rdquo; in news recently?
    Dunnington was the codename given to the world&rsquo;s first six-core processors, the Intel Xeon 7400 series, launched last month&nbsp;
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    What does &ldquo;R&rdquo; in Maruti Suzuki&rsquo;s small car Wagon R stand for?
    Recreation&nbsp;
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    What happened for the first time on August 5, 1891 at Hotel Hauffe in Leipzig, Germany?
    The first American Express Travelers cheque honoured&nbsp;
   

Answers to last week's quiz (#066)

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