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The Susan Polgar Foundation (SPF) Girls Invitational is an interesting initiative

In a league of their own

Will the newly-launched Indian Badminton League see success and bring the game the limelight - and the funds - it needs? The author finds out

A royal pain

Art-felt advice

So you have a budget of Rs 10 lakh for art but don't know what to buy? Worry not, the author asks five experts to put together a collection for you

Measure of health

A new movement uses gadgetry to track bio-activities and help people tweak their everyday routines to ensure optimum health

Lure of the Loire

The Bad Boy Bordeaux from Recolte Thunevin is a top-quality wine. Jean Luc was called the 'black sheep' of Bordeaux for defying convention in the 1980s

My Life My Style: Mukul Deora

The dream chaser

Feeling special on the fairway

Want to tee off in style with corporate bigwigs, politicians, stars and bureaucrats? The author lists some of the most exclusive golf courses in the country

Trained for fame

Clinching a title on reality shows on television is no longer the happy result of talent coinciding with luck. The author finds out how show aspirants today are tutored meticulously by special institu

Hospital half-life

Writing of ill health is done by those who suffer and those who heal

Lauded by the world

With modern cars around, many see the Ambassador as a quaint relic of bygone days. But BBC's Top Gear says it is the best cab in the world, and Hindustan Motors, its maker, plans to keep the legend al

Surviving the iron lady

This courageous and touching memoir of growing up gay in Margaret Thatcher's England is as accurate a portrait of the times as you can get

Tanya Ghavri is raising Bollywood's style quotient

A socialist in the boardroom

Movie channels ready script to buck ad cap

The genre, heavily dependent on advertising volume due to low ad rates, will see new launches by networks to maintain revenue in the face of Trai's hourly limit

Exide plays the value card

The leading battery manufacturer is intent on increasing margins even if it means letting go of market shares in some segments

Line bags 5 mn users in three weeks

Chat app eyes 10 million users in coming months with localised content such as Bollywood stickers

Is solar air-travel a flight of fancy?

The Impulse has wings the size of a Boeing 747's, but a cockpit-cum-fuselage that can only accommodate one person

Revamped e-textbooks to fight used mkt

Publishers like Pearson Plc & McGraw-Hill are creating interactive online versions of their texts

Colors wants to repeat history

In its fifth year, the channel which shot to the top at launch, is learning from its past to regain the spot