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    Why was &ldquo;Dunnington&rdquo; in news recently?&nbsp;
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    What does &ldquo;R&rdquo; in Maruti Suzuki&rsquo;s small car Wagon R stand for?&nbsp;
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    What happened for the first time on August 5, 1891 at Hotel Hauffe in Leipzig, Germany?&nbsp;
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    What term was supposedly coined after a moth found its way into a computer called Mk1 at the Harvard University in 1945 and caused its malfunction?&nbsp;
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    Which country imposed a

The Strategist Quiz (#066)

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    Who was offered the first salaried presidentship of the NYSE? This person declined the offer and went on to grow his Chicago-based firm that became a world renowned one.

Answers to last week's quiz (#065)

A few good people who decided to quit good jobs for better ideas.
ANAND PRAKASH&nbsp;
He uses handmade paper for a paperless world
Eight years ago, Anand Prakash, an economics graduate from Delhi

On the edge of the mainstream

My grandmother, Malti Shukla, had terrible arthritis that turned her hands and feet into a painful ginger-like tangle.
She developed the arthritis at the age of fifty, which was when she disagreed

Can`t spells won`t

I have been after Chef Irshad Qureshi&rsquo;s life to come up with an occasional menu that offers the home food of his clan. Chef Qureshi hails from Lucknow&rsquo;s famous cooking clan that started

A family of cooks

Paper collages haven't really caught the fancy of the Indian art world. Even so, Gargi Gupta finds a few artists who continue to use the medium
Paper collages don&rsquo;t figure too high in the

A cut and paste job

As we take stock of the situation on the ground after a barrage of corporate results and policy announcements earlier this week, there are not many positive takeaways. On the whole, the fundamentals

Fundamentals deteriorate further

Summer might be over but that does not mean you don&rsquo;t need anything to beat the heat. And there is nothing like ice-cream to do so. Don&rsquo;t walk the middle path, choose interesting flavours

Melting moments

Omar Abdullah&rsquo;s impassioned speech in Parliament last month supporting the nuclear deal with the US may have won him accolades &mdash; more than 3,000 hits on YouTube and coverage in the society

The `M` word

The Metropolis Association provides cities around the world with a framework for coordinated problem-solving. Indian cities should be a part of it, its director Chris Johnson tells Gargi Gupta
There

Getting the big city blues

As a long-time movie buff with Catholic tastes, I thought I had seen it all, but during last month&rsquo;s Cinefan festival I found myself in one of the smaller Siri Fort auditoria watching an

The Islamabad burqa massacre

Farhan Akhtar has not only turned actor - living out his fantasy in the role of a rock star - but has turned singer too.
An hour before we&rsquo;re scheduled to speak with Farhan Akhtar, I&rsquo;m

The director dons a new hat

Rabi Rashmi Abasan in Rajarhat showcases how ordinary householders can harness the energy of the sun. Gargi Gupta gives a low-down of the project.
Rajarhat, the new township coming up on the

Sun shine homes

Kishore Singh on the artist who's getting too little due, too late.
His friends &mdash; and he had many &mdash; probably remember P Khemraj (&ldquo;Khem&rdquo; to them) as a sarod player, a sitarist,

The wild, wicked world of Khemraj

Now where have you seen this one before? Frankly, lots of places. But the Buddha above is not the cheap variety, made of marble or wood or terracotta, which is what you&rsquo;ll find in hotels and

A passion for figures

The makings of a May-December love story?
Do current day motorcycles disappoint you? Do you feel that they&rsquo;re too appliance-like and therefore at odds with the emotive things motorcycles should

Old is gold

BMW readies the updated 3 Series for a Paris launch.
This is the new 2009 BMW 3 which will be officially saying hello at the Paris Motor Show in October. So the Indian launch should fall into place

Three bags full

I own a Maruti 800DX (1999 model) and am interested in the Chevrolet Spark, which has come with an attractive offer. I need your advice and feedback on the car.
Suvendu Sahu, Berhampur
Despite the

Chevy chase

Bulk customers once waited outside VSNL offices with demand drafts to renew contracts. Privatised and renamed, the company is now chasing customers all over the globe.
When Narasimhan Srinath was the

Wiring up the world

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    What is common to the Sydney 2000, Atlanta 1990 and Athens 2004 Olympics from a brand sponsorship perspective?
    The torch relays were sponsored by the Coca-Cola Company&nbsp;
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    The secret formula for which drink is only known to the Mackinnon family of Scotland?
    Drambuie&nbsp;
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    What is the brand philosophy that is common to the brands Lush, Elixir, Cobalt and Rain?
    They are all sugar-free chewing gum flavours, part of the five gum

Answers to last week&#39;s quiz #057

Let me preface this column by saying that B-school education is extremely useful and important for people wanting to succeed at business in these competitive times. However, there are a number of

Learn to sell

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