To know what a maverick artist looks like, look no further than Ranbir Kaleka. He wears a hat even when indoors, from which on occasion I have seen fish hooks dangling &mdash; or perhaps they were earrings. Unlike the networking artist, his eyes don&rsquo;t dart impatiently across the room, scanning to see whether there are buyers interested in seeking him out. You have all his attention when he speaks to you, and his speech is deliberate, slow and accented.

'I do love donkeys very much'

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Exactly four years after showcasing a concept ultra-low-cost car, Bajaj Auto released its version of a marketable four-wheeler. It&rsquo;s a vehicle that&rsquo;s too odd to be a car and too smart to be the traditional auto-rickshaw, leaving consumers guessing. Comparisons with the Nano, India&rsquo;s first frugally engineered four-wheeler, will be inevitable, though misplaced. For Bajaj, however, this four- wheeler fits into a space that the Nano could have aimed for, but passed.

This mongrel has to mark its territory

In a 2,000-year-old town on the east coast, classical and folk dancers perform amidst ancient ruins.

The festival by the sea

Most audiences, and most dancers, now lack the patience and stamina to experience Bharatanatyam in its original, full-length Margam form.

The show must go long

Anna Hazare is silent on the root of the corruption problem.

Do-gooder economics and the Lokpal

Making people laugh is no laughing matter. A great deal of thought and planning goes into it. Perfetti CEO Sameer Suneja speaks to Bhupesh Bhandari about quirky and funny ads.

Funny business

The ice-cream and frozen dessert market in India is estimated at approximately $450 million in 2009-10. Growing at approximately 12-15 per cent, it is expected to cross $900 million by 2014-15. The branded market is estimated at approximately $200 million and is growing at 20-25 per cent.

KIT: Ice-Cream Market in India

Entrepreneur and venture investor Kanwal Rekhi has many accolades to his credit. After selling his start-up firm Excelan, which manufactured smart Ethernet cards, to Novell, he spearheaded the company before returning 100x to his venture investors. He also co-founded TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) to promote entrepreneurship. Now managing director of Inventus Capital, an early-growth venture firm, the entrepreneurial spirit is still alive.

Q&A: Kanwal Rekhi, Inventus Capital

A well-timed voucher or coupon can sway the toughest cookie on earth&hellip; err heaven, according to a new campaign from daily deal website Snapdeal.

Cutting a sweet deal

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The Strategist Quiz (#235)

    Harvard Professor Pankaj Ghemawat's AAA triangle consists of three broad strategies for cross-border differences namely adaptation, aggregation and arbitrage.

Answers to last week`s quiz (#234)

The entry of Future Supply Chain Solutions into multi-brand retail via a subsidiary has given some regional brands the kind of exposure they could only aspire to before.

Minding other people's business

Vodafone says it has the widest presence of exclusive retail in the country, serving over a million walk-ins.

Zoozoos sweat it out in rural sun

In the near future, every company will need to come to terms with the phenomenon of social media. Employees, customers and other stakeholders will expect and demand it. Against this backdrop, it is important today to understand the capabilities of a social organisation and analyse the importance of mass transparency, according to this extract from the book The Social Organization.

The extended enterprise

While tablets are giving stiff competition to other mobile devices, according to a recent online survey by IMRB International, they still have some way to go before they emerge as the perfect entertainment companion for digital consumers.

Dial 'T' for entertainment

It is often said that although reaching up to a peak is difficult but to stay there is even more challenging. The story of Kaun Banega Crorepati goes along similar lines and encapsulates the show's meteoric rise to popularity in the year of its launch, its fall in the subsequent editions and its resurgence in the current one. KBC started afresh in its latest edition with a fresh insight and exemplifying creativity that betters content. The result was for everyone to see.

KBC changed greed to need

The next time you are planning a bus ride from Mumbai to Goa or Delhi to Jaipur, expect some extra comfort and luxury. And it won&rsquo;t be long before this extra luxury hits your city roads. A fleet of new Volvo buses, comprising coaches and city buses, will soon joined its forerunners on the Indian roads and beyond.

For a ride less ordinary

Grilled for a year... Um&hellip;we mean Fiery Grilled for a year;) Just complete this &mdash; &ldquo;You love Fiery Grilled coz ________.

All fire, no ice

The music label&rsquo;s new brand &ndash; Icons Nxt &ndash; aims to bring non-filmy music back in currency.

Saregama sings a different tune

I joined advertising in 1979 and my first exposure to the legend called Bal Mundkur was a quick visit to his wonderful home, a recce for the famous Bombay Dyeing film (I had been seconded by my first employer Rediffusion to work for a week with film maker Prahlad Kakar who was making the film for Ulka). I met Bal the man for the first time at his office in 1989. I was to be interviewed by him for a position to head Ulka South.

Bal Mundkur: The legend

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