Provocative, seductive, warm, fun or even spicy the way you smell can be one of the most lasting ways to make an impression.

This season`s smells: Fruity or foresty

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A few days ago I realised that this month marks 10 years since I first acquired an Internet connection at home.

Movie-love in cyberspace

&nbsp;We drive the Honda Civic Hybrid. Is that a green halo around our heads? 
&nbsp;Yes, these are troubled times.

High breed

It's strange how so many wine writers (myself included) tend to talk about wine in isolation from food.

Wine with food

Kavita Bedi tells Neha Bhatt of her grand plans to create live entertainment for kids  starting with a production of Enid Blyton's much-loved Noddy that'll go on stage in August 
You did a play with cartoon character Barney last year; why did you choose Noddy this year? 
We picked Noddy because kids and their parents identify with him.

Child`s play, and more

The one with the curious name is the runaway leader, setting benchmarks in programming, standardisation and localisation.

Plenty in a name

First, the disclaimer: this article definitely does not intend to undermine business school education! Au contraire, I believe business school provides awareness on certain professional disciplines we keep learning all our life.

How to excel at work

Since the appearance of its initial slogan  "Just do it"  Nike has cultivated the universal values associated with sports and the Olympic movement: surpassing oneself, determination, competition, accomplishment.

Brand identity

Backpacking through Bohemia (though not slumming it out), staying in a tribal longhouse in Malaysia, or taking a cooking vacation in Tuscany, Anoothi Vishal suggests a few unusual holiday activities that you may like to take up this summer.

Travellin` Light!

When the three greatest cuisines of the world are enumerated, Ladakhi food seldom finds mention.

A taste of Ladakh

From sussing out exclusive addresses to doing up the interiors - Casa Forma is a one-stop property services outfit for the |ber rich, says Gargi Gupta.

My home, my castle

&nbsp;My two years In business school could be summed up in one sentence. I learned to be competitive, I became more confident and the institute prepared me to face a tough life ahead.

Think as a leader

Bill McDermott, SAP president and CEO (Americas and APJ), is credited with re-energising SAP America when he joined the company in 2002.

`India is the world`s value creation centre`

Wed in Malaysia, honeymoon in Malaysia, play golf there or simply drive through  Tourism Malaysia is making a serious play for Indian tourists, its director tells Gargi Gupta.

With love from Malaysia

William BissellFab India's community-owned companies are converting artisans into assets while sharing the benefits of growth with them.

Weaving a new fabric

&nbsp;Wipro sides with Peter Drucker to appoint joint CEOs. 
&nbsp;Are two heads better than one when it comes to succession? Much depends on which school of thought you subscribe to.

The power of two

The Reserve Bank of India's move to choke the flow of credit to sensitive sectors -- real estate and capital markets -- seems to have worked partly for public sector banks with the growth in the flow of credit to these segments dipping to 31 per cent during 2007-08 from 43.6 per cent during the previous financial year.

Real estate pushes up PSU bank lending to sensitive sectors

I must confess to remaining fairly unaffected by any great stirrings of "patriotism"  or, at least, by what passes for the honourable emotion most of the time.

Mera Bharat in Hollywood

There is something to be said about the clash between art and the bureaucratic red-tape.

The theatre and red tape

For a scholarly writer, Amitav Ghosh is surprisingly easy to talk to, finds Jai Arjun Singh, even as the author holds forth on links between languages and his latest book.

Opium of the classes!

In the two years since becoming CEO, Malvinder Mohan Singh has systematically purged risk out of Ranbaxy's model.

Malav at work

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