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My Life My Style: Dilip Kapur

'Only the paranoid survive'

A case of misplaced confidence?

Gangubai's search for perfection

Throat surgery left her with a masculine voice, but the doyenne of the Kirana gharana turned it into an advantage through years of hard work, says author in a review of a biography of the musician

Instant opinions

Those who lag behind in this race to be the first with a pithy soundbite, tweet or comment are singled out for choice abuse and described as 'fence -sitters, 'apathetic' and 'safe-players'

Bye bye, buy buy

What they don't want us to read

What is there in Wendy Doniger's book that has raised the hackles of the Hindu right wing

Your oats-and-bran breakfast

There's more to healthy breakfasts now than just cornflakes or porridge

Late-mover advantage

As the online shopper becomes wiser, new entrants in the e-commerce space realise the only way to stay in the game is to adapt fast and strive for efficiency

Dentsu narrows gap with IPG

The Japanese advertising powerhouse is flexing its muscles beyond its home turf with Aegis' heft

Common-sense banking

Aditya Puri has made HDFC Bank a financial powerhouse by keeping things simple. And his rural play is paying off handsomely

Indian banks: Five years after the global financial crisis

'Debt restructuring a good concept in India'

We will continue to grow faster than market: Aditya Puri

Interview with Managing Director, HDFC Bank

Consistency is the name of the game

HDFC Bank has put in place a robust strategy and performed well in difficult economic circumstances, irrespective of the growth rate of the Indian economy

Subsidiarisation: a non-starter?

Foreign banks do not consider the promise of 'near-national' treatment and tax sops as sufficient incentive for converting their branches into subsidiaries

Can he pull it off?

Plain speak and decisive action have become Raghuram Rajan's trademark. But in coming to grips with issues like inflation-growth dynamics and distressed banks, he has his work cut out

Tata group plugs into the power of women

Using elections as a peg, the Tata Group is escalating the 'Power of 49' ad campaign launched in August last year by Tata Global Beverages

Take Audi logo Audi, Creativeland Asia part ways

Oral-B faces the heat

While Procter & Gamble is doing everything it can to push its toothpaste brand, competitors such as Colgate are hardly permitting it a smooth run

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