Drinking wine is simple: tilt the glass and swallow (and keep repeating till satiated or under the table!). This approach works for those who equate wine with spirits and with &ldquo;getting a kick&rdquo;, and couldn&rsquo;t care less if they were quaffing plonk or something sublime.

Sip to savour

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He helped bring Coke back to India and establish it here despite many obstacles. Former Chairman and CEO of the Coca-Cola Company Neville Isdell talks to Surajeet Das Gupta in a telephonic interview from his home in Barbados, on his new book and his impressions of those with whom he worked.

'Ramesh Chauhan was a fighter. I enjoyed that'

The European Team chess Championships (ETCC) has uniformly high standards unlike the more unevenly competitive Olympiad. As in soccer, the ETCC also features many trans-Caucasian nations like Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia and also Israel.

Chess (#980)

Avantika Bhuyan on how Ibaadat Foundation is trying to keep alive the legacy of legendary Urdu poets.

Soul of shayari

The best chapter of this very good book is the first one. It is titled &ldquo;Good Reading for the Few and and for the Millions&rdquo;, and it is about the fine books America used to publish and read, sometimes in astonishingly large numbers, from the 1930s to the 1960s.

Getting the words out

With the boom in tablet technology, recipes are travelling from cooking apps to the kitchen.

Are cookbooks obsolete?

Steven Spielberg&rsquo;s Tintin movie scores on animation and technology but takes liberties with the original comic series.

Blistering barnacles!

Am a very reluctant suit wearer. Canali when I am forced to wear suits.

My Life My Style: Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Businessman 

It&rsquo;s been an unlucky week in Europe and one that might mark a turning point in the Eurozone&rsquo;s laboured camaraderie. After claiming two prime ministers, forcing spending cuts, and pushing debt issuance costs to record highs, it&rsquo;s amply clear the 17-member single currency experiment is under severe threat. European leaders, after months of kicking the can down the road, may finally be coming around to the smartest decision of the euro&rsquo;s history &mdash; that it's time to shut the lab, or at least, prune parts of it.

Euro's trouble zone

Battles in the art world can be pretty fierce, especially since mediocrity cannot be wished away on a bad hair day. Art criticism is, by its very nature, subjective, and skirmishes between artist and critic are par for the course &mdash; but rarely do critics agree with each other either.

Midlife crisis

Titled 'United Minds', the event is being planned to create awareness about India's impending demographic dividend. &ldquo;A large simulation is the best way to get participants more actively involved in the competitive process, and so to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and scale of the competition. The premier strategic management simulation combines practical hands-on decision making with real world modelling. The effort is to identify extraordinary minds that embody the potential to lead young India to its pinnacle,&rdquo; said Ritesh Hada, managing director, UnitedWorld School of Business (UWSB).

UWSB ties up with IIM Bangalore 

The top 10 business bestsellers

India accounts for 7.5 per cent of the total new cases of cancer globally, with China and the US being the only two countries ahead of India in new cases (22 per cent and 11 per cent incidence, respectively).

KIT: Oncology market: Trends and opportunities

    According to business history, China was the largest economy in the world from 1500 AD to 1890AD, but its run at the top position was interrupted briefly in 1700 AD by another country. Name it.

Answers to last week's quiz (#226)

Bringing affordable web access and applications to the masses is the crux of Nokia&rsquo;s new strategy.

Putting the pieces together

If Sherlock Holmes&rsquo; gets an SMS it will flash against a translucent background on your TV screen. It is the sort of startling attention to detail that hooks you to Sherlock, a series on the newly refurbished BBC Entertainment. On the same channel the handsome Adrian Lester forces you to see Hustle before you realise that it is an edge-of-your-seat con caper.

The English fight back

All companies know that consumer loyalty is important for growth. But most can&rsquo;t define or measure it. Without a systematic feedback mechanism, companies never know whether the profit they are making is good or bad. With only financial metrics to gauge success, managers focus on profits regardless of whether those profits represent the rewards from building relationships or the spoils from abusing them.

Bad and good profits: How can companies tell the difference?

Poverty and the lack of resources prevent most people in rural India from accessing primary healthcare.

A healing touch

The India Post initiative to sell gold coins during the festive season has got off to a fine start, thanks to the low unit prices and the hassle-free transactions.

Glittering prospects

How does a consumer goods company whose products start at Rs 1.5 lakh, and which doesn&rsquo;t believe in mass media advertising, connect with the Indian consumer? Well, cricket and Bollywood are out; so the next best thing is to associate with a sport that is patronised by &ldquo;the royalty, socialites, bureaucrats and the uber rich&rdquo;. That&rsquo;s exactly the route Germany&rsquo;s Miele, the world&rsquo;s largest family-owned home appliance company, is following in India.

Miele: Rich pickings

Motorsport enthusiasts in India have not one but two reasons to cheer. British sports car maker Caterham announced its entry into the Indian market on the day the country witnessed the first ever Formula 1 Grand Prix on its soil. Caterham India will be launched in association with Dabur India Limited&rsquo;s Mohit and Gaurav Burman. &ldquo;This venture is not linked with Dabur India Ltd. It&rsquo;s a personal investment by me and my brother Mohit Burman, and so is part of the overall Dabur group,&rdquo; explains Gaurav Burman, adding that the decision was driven by his own love for the sport. &ldquo;With motorsports poised to become a big business in India fuelled by the growing affluence among Indians and the rising awareness, I feel this is the right opportunity for Caterham to enter the market,&rdquo; he adds.

Caterham: Hot wheels

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