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Answers to last week's quiz (#362)

Learning the 'ABC' of Big Data

While corporations lay emphasis on the importance of Big Data and data analytics, what are B-schools doing to ensure students are well equipped in this aspect?

Home break hotels

With young holidayers checking into luxury resorts in their city, staycations are fast becoming a popular trend

The healing power of trash

A home near Delhi is using discarded newspapers, plastic bottles and scrap textiles to turn children at risk into confident, creative individuals

The sour grape saga

My Life My Style: Manish Malhotra

Kolkata's cosmetic poribartan

The author finds out how far Mamata Banerjee has reached in her ambitious goal of converting the state's capital into a London look-alike

Valley of Surprises

Mesmerised by the mosques of Srinagar that rival those in Istanbul, the author was also charmed by the good humour of Kashmiris on a weekend trip

Quilt conscious

The humble quilt, a family necessity, has for centuries been an expression of creativity. A coffee-table book looks at the quilting tradition of India

The Ekta Club comes of age

The rebellion by a group of young women over common land in Sangrur exemplifies a newly assertive Dalit youth. The author witnesses the clash of the castes in Punjab

Wear your colours on your ears

Here's how you can team music with your favourite football squad

Curvaceous Swede

The Volvo XC60 is a pretty car that sports a powerful engine. However, it is let down by a sluggish automatic gear box

For fitness, push yourself

Chess (#1102)

The frustrations of Akhilesh Yadav

India's youngest chief minister is trapped under layers of influences and is proving ineffectual, but author finds him impossible not to like during an unusually personal interview

Buy buy Delhi, hello Himachal

Safas and angarakhas for Mastani

Textile revivalist Anju Modi speaks to author about recreating the understated grandeur of Bajirao Mastani through her clothes

Advani Vs Amazon

Serving their satanic majesties

The conservative Bavarian prince who managed the Rolling Stones' finances for 40 years has written a wryly amusing and fascinating memoir of life with the world's most famous rock band

The culture of brevity

These are but the outer manifestations of a culture in which we are expected to fit into 140 characters our hourly declarations and anthems to the world