If the more familiar Southeast Asian martial art forms such as karate, taekwondo and jujitsu, or Israeli&rsquo;s krav maga no longer appeal to you, then flex your muscles with these other martial arts.

Fighting fit

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You would expect an athlete to be elated after winning half a dozen medals at the National Games. But Ashish Kumar is far from satisfied with his performance at the recent National Games in Ranchi. &ldquo;I won only two gold medals; I could have done far better,&rdquo; says the Allahabad-based gymnast. Kumar has come a long way from being just another gymnast to India&rsquo;s best gymnast. &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t call me that,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;If I was the best I would have won all the gold medals.

Bend it like Ashish

After starting the Doha Grand Prix with a first round loss against Nana Dzagnidze, Koneru Humpy seemed to have only a mathematical chance to win the challenger&rsquo;s slot in the next title match against Hou Yifan. Humpy had to win Doha, while Dzagnidze had to land lower than second, given their respective GP standings. Elina Danielan set a scorching pace, scoring 6.5 from the first 7 games to make this look impossible.

CHESS (#670)

The Armenian College in Kolkata is the last bastion of a once thriving community.

Minority report

Ramalinga Raju, the disgraced chairman of Satyam, will go down in history as the perpetrator of the biggest corporate fraud in the country. But the man also had a philanthropic streak in him. Emergency Management Research Institute (EMRI), his corporate social responsibility initiative, provided free medical emergency service to people in Andhra Pradesh. All they had to do was ask for it by dialling 108. Its ambulances reached any emergency in less than half an hour anywhere in the state. In congested lanes, its paramedics on two-wheelers would reach before the ambulance. No ambulance driver would accept even a ten-rupee tip.

Lifeline extends

Do you harbour fantasies about life in the fast lane? Vaishali Dinakaran gives you a lowdown on how to get started.

Racing dreams

Of course, it's not enough to just don a race helmet and overalls and march off to the track. If you're going to compete in any of the National Championships, you will need to get yourself a Competition Licence. Different categories of racing and rallying demand different types of licences and all the required forms are available for download on the Federation of Motor Sport Clubs in India (FMSCI) website.

Licence to race

I own a Hyundai Santro and I am quite satisfied with Hyundai's services. I want a new car for my college-going daughter within a budget of Rs 4 lakh. Her daily commute is about 30 km in Ahmedabad city. She is a new driver, so the car should be easy to drive, comfortable and fuel efficient. I have shortlisted the Hyundai i10, Maruti Suzuki Wagon R and Chevrolet Beat. Please recommend.

Times two

The $50-bn foods major will ride piggyback on Cadbury&rsquo;s strong brand equity.

'Kraft' of wooing India

Tang is a grocery item. Something that the mother picks up when she goes shopping and then comes homes and prepares it. We intend to explode the distribution on Tang. With Oreo, the objective is to make it one of India&rsquo;s favourite biscuits. We will build the brand on special family moments.

Q&A: Anand Kripalu, President, Kraft Foods, & MD, Cadbury India

Lakme Fashion Week has entered cyberspace like never before.

Couture goes digital

It was in 2007 that Japanese imaging giant Nikon set up its India operations, which currently contributes to 1 per cent of Nikon Corporation&rsquo;s global sales. While the brand has a strong presence in the D-SLR (digital single lens reflex) segment, in the point-and-shoot (compact) camera segment, Nikon trails market leader Sony. To click better with consumers this year, the Rs 450-crore Indian operation has lined up a slew of affordable product offerings and hopes to improve its service network. In conversation with Preeti Khicha, Ichiro Terato, executive vice-president and CFO, Nikon Corporation, and Managing Director Nikon India Hiroshi Takashina share their plans for India. Edited excerpts.

Q&A: Ichiro Terato & Hiroshi Takashina

Amrutanjan Health Care (Amrutanjan), the 118-year-old Chennai-based maker of ayurvedic and allopathic over-the-counter (OTC) products such as pain-relief balms and cough syrups, seems in no mood to be bought over. Reported to have been the target for acquisition of other FMCG companies last year, the Rs 89.78-crore Amrutanjan has taken its first step to diversify. It has acquired Siva&rsquo;s Soft Drink, a privately-held company in Chennai which makes beverages, for Rs 26.2 crore.

Amrutanjan Health Care: Liquid growth

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Engineering institutes in India offer four-year degree programmes as well as three-year diploma courses.

KIT: Engineering education in India

    Name this brand that is celebrating 100 years of its existence this year and has enlisted the pop star Rhianna to lend her voice to its new ad campaign and is also sponsoring a couple of her tours.

The Strategist Quiz (#192)

    Name this supply chain game played by up to four people with an objective to minimise the total cost for everyone in the supply chain by maintaining low stocks but managing to deliver all orders. It is named after a beverage.

Answers to last week&#39s quiz (#191)

When the Hero Group terminated its 26-year-old joint venture, Hero Honda, with the Japanese auto major Honda Motor Corporation (HMC) in December last year, the decision did not spring a major surprise.

New course

Rolling out a gaming console had been a money-losing proposition for most game makers, to be earned back by selling game software. To compete on that field, a corporation needs substantial economies of scale and a large war chest, as well as a tolerance of protracted losses on a bill that would take years to repay. Software giant Microsoft took on the challenge to begin work on its own game machine, extending its tremendous technological shadow further in a quest for a home entertainment centre. In this extract from the book Playing to Wiin: Nintendo and the Video Game Industry&rsquo;s Greatest Comeback, author Daniel Sloan talks about what drove Microsoft to come up with the Xbox and the challenges it faced.

Out of the Xbox

Even as Microsoft&rsquo;s browser rules the roost when it comes to the number of users, Google Chrome users displayed loyalty with only 35 per cent switch-outs.

Is Internet Explorer wary of Chrome?

Sixty-year-old Arun Awasthi is averse to using debit cards for online transactions and is even more averse to credit cards. However, he is also wary of using cash for every transaction. &ldquo;Exactly the kind of customers targeted by our firm,&rdquo; asserts Itz Cash Card Managing Director Naveen Surya. While cash cards are not a new concept and the user need not have a bank account, they are yet to gather steam in India.

Cash cards promise more to woo mobile users

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