I am a very satisfied user of Hyundai cars. I&rsquo;m thinking of buying a premium hatchback, and I&rsquo;m confused between the Volkswagen Polo, Skoda Fabia and Hyundai i20 (all 1.2 petrol variants). I love long drives, and I am a driving enthusiast. I would be driving my new car more in the city, around 40 km a day, with the occasional weekend trips out of town.

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Ajai Shukla spends a day with Tejas test pilots to find out what drives them.

Men and their flying machine

The moment you enter Jamia Nagar on the fringes of plush South Delhi, you find yourself at Batla House.

Death of a museum?

Ever since Operation West End, the 2001 sting which shook the NDA government and the military with its expose of bribery in defence contracts, Tehelka and its editor-in-chief, Tarun J Tejpal, have had instant name recognition. Tehelka was then a website; a decade later, it is a weekly magazine.

Name of the game

In a locality scarred by the Gujarat riots of 2002, one store stands apart &ndash; Hearty Mart. The &ldquo;community store&rdquo; in Ahmedabad&rsquo;s Juhapura neighborhood is the brainchild of Nadeem Jafri. He started the mini-supermarket in 2004 in what was a ghetto.

Fair share of Vibrant Gujarat

India&rsquo;s attempts to clean up its regulatory environment in telecoms is in knots. For telecom companies, caught in the high voltage spectrum scam, the only constant emerging is the unpredictability of the policy.

Price tag on airwaves

Singapore&rsquo;s reclusive leader Lee Kuan Yew gave a set of interviews on the future of the city-state he modernised.

The elder in his labyrinth

A week from now, 14 teams will begin an exciting journey that will end with one of them holding the World Cup.

Chasing the Cup

Discrimination it was that changed the course of industrialisation in Maharashtra. Laxmanrao Kirloskar was overlooked for promotion at Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute, Mumbai, in favour of an Anglo-Indian. Hurt beyond measure, he resigned his post and headed to Belgaum to join his brother, Ramuanna, in business.

Two men, three eras

The Gibraltar and Moscow opens were strong, well-organised and wonderfully presented . But they were overshadowed by a non-event - a cancellation.

CHESS (#669)

Let's begin with a question. Which Indian city has a 400-year-old monument built to commemorate the elimination of plague? If you need a clue, it's the same city where Facebook chose to have its India office. With its pleasant climate, open society and bustling economy, Hyderabad is as welcoming as it is hard to leave.

Lanes steeped in history

For Hollywood, 2009 was all about the nine-foot blue humanoids in Avatar and the misplaced bravado of a US soldier in Hurt Locker.

And the Oscar goes to ....

India&rsquo;s an important addition to the menu of Michelin star chefs.

Stars come down

Wine fairs have been held at wineries since time immemorial, a celebration of a task finished.

Celebrating the harvest

The high season of cricket is around the corner and advertisers are weighing where they would get the most bang for their buck, even as advertising rates climb new highs. The ICC Cricket World Cup starting on February 19 and Indian Premier League season 4 (IPL4) on April 8 offer a 90-day cricket marathon that is the largest media extravaganza in terms of viewership and revenue.

Vying for eyeballs

Dear Egypt, hope you&rsquo;re done before Feb 19th. Because after that, nobody here is going to care,&rdquo; read someone&rsquo;s Facebook status update. Like it or not, come February 19, India will be talking about cricket, cricket and only cricket for the next few months.

Game for more

In his view &ldquo;branding is everything&rdquo;. Wally Olins, chairman of Saffron Brand Consultants, is regarded as one of the world&rsquo;s most experienced practitioners of corporate branding.

Q&A: Wally Olins, Chairman, Saffron Brand Consultants

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (GSKCH) has started its second innings in the Indian oral care market with its biggest and fastest-growing global toothpaste brand, Sensodyne. With annual global sales of $750 million (Rs 3,403 crore), Sensodyne is expected to garner a 5 per cent share of the Rs 1,850-crore urban toothpaste market (the overall toothpaste market is estimated at Rs 2,700 crore) in India in as many years.

GlaxoSmithKline: Second time lucky?

The Japanese consumer electronics major has moved ahead of the Korean chaebols in the 3.5 million-unit flat panel TV market via aggressive price cuts and distribution.

Sony's new idiom

Callaway Golf Company, an American sports goods company specialising in golf equipment and accessories, has launched its apparel line and a new range of accessories for golfers in India. The new collection is designed by Perry Ellis International. The range includes eye wear (sun glasses priced between Rs 4,000 and Rs 10,000), times pieces (Rs 6,000 to Rs 20,000) and apparel including golf shoes, headwear (cap), polo shirts (Rs 1,500 to Rs 3,000) and jackets (Rs 3,000 to Rs 6,000).

Callaway Golf Company: For the love of golf

Nimbus Communications is looking at life beyond cricket and is launching two new channels &ndash; Neo Cinema (based on Bollywood) and Neo Zindagi (a lifestyle channel for women) in June.

Nimbus moving to a new pitch

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