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Book Extract: Integration is never easy

P&G realised early on that for the merger with Gillette to succeed it needed to keep the Gillette employee turnover rate at a single-digit level and minimise disruption through discipline

Campaign logic: Playing the 'MNP' card

Idea Cellular puts the common man and his travails at the centre of its new campaign

Indian clients see analytics as a commodity when it should be seen as value addition: Bill Roberts

Interview with Principal, Deloitte Consulting

Political superbug

The only thing worse than ISIS doing its thing in India, is not-ISIS doing the same thing in India. If the former is like a vicious infection, the latter is an autoimmune disease

Manjhi: A mountain of duds

The grapes we wrought

A unique feature of Argentine vineyards is that they are irrigated by snowmelt water from the Andes mountains

A road oft travelled

Rikhab Chand Jain of TT Limited took on Audi over a name

Jain says he doesn't have a problem with the name Audi, but the auto giant has no right to use 'TT' brand name

Milind Soman: fit and fabulous at 50

'Ironman' Milind Soman reveals his fitness mantra

Lazing around in Portugal

With its tavernas, wine cellars and the lilting notes of Fado, Porto in Portugal is a lazy traveller's paradise

Artist Chameli Ramachandran brings her experiences to her canvas

Named by Tagore and tutored by Indian masters, Chameli Ramachandran expresses varied influences in her art

When Gabbar sold biscuits to children

Sholay's massive success continues to inspire advertisements and radio jingles

Evil incarnate

It is 40 years since Sholay hit theatres. While it is near impossible to put a finger on what made it such a runaway success, author says the film stood out for the Ultimate Bad Guy

Northeast takes centre stage

Five plays from the Northeast will travel across states with the National School of Drama

A factory in Kodaikanal

The defunct Hindustan Unilever thermometer unit has caused an online storm. the author visits the hill station

Is Addyi really the 'female Viagra'?

Addyi is designed for premenopausal women whose lack of sexual desire causes distress

Chess (#1162)

The Sinquefield Cup starts in St. Louis on Sunday

My Life My Style: Wendell Rodricks

'Live the moment'

Room for tea

Taj Mahal Tea House in Bandra is a bright and airy space serving 40 varieties of tea

Amartya Sen's seven wishes for India

An extract from the economist's speech at the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival in 2014, first published in his latest book, The Country of First Boys