Wooden floors going cheaper than marble
Have you always dreamt of dancing after dinner with your spouse on a great wooden floor in your living room? But the dampener is usually the monsoon clouds, our tropical climate and fear of termites.

Dreams woven in silk and gold
An Indian bride looks forward to having the most exquisite saris in her trousseau. And if she is a Maharashtrian bride, a Paithani would be the high point of her bridal finery.

`People are never a liability, they must be turned into an asset'
Mr Pradip Chanda is the man behind the Gramophone Co. of India Ltd's (HMV's) brilliant turnaround in 1985. T king time out from his busy schedule as chairman of MMS India Pvt. Ltd, a strategic management consulting company that focusses on start-ups, turnarounds and corporate restructuring,


  And the winner is... butter chicken!
  Boxing the big boys into a corner
  Tip Off
  Hot `N' happening
  The personality of a sick company
  Takeovers in the pool
  Keep fit
  Fine wine and age go together
  Dining with the Lord
  American-style, yet very Italian