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Ranveer Brar
While Brar grew up eating and appreciating Lucknawi and Bengali cuisine, it is Turkish cuisine that the chef and restaurateur enjoys innovating with
Outlook Business - June 01, 2022
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Amit Jain, Global CEO, Sterling and Wilson Renewable Energy
Reading rejuvenates the mind and body, feels Amit Jan, an avid reader himself
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cest la vie / Hardbound
A Nation Stuck Between Missing Jobs and Growth Ambitions
India grapples with a job crisis fuelled by factors including high youth unemployment, educational and skill imbalance and low female participation, among others. In their book, The Elephant Moves: India’s New Place in the World, Amitabh Kant and Amit Kapoor explore India’s economic evolution through the lens of competitiveness, stressing the need for, and challenges to, policy changes in its run to becoming a developed economy by 2047
March 01, 2024
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Getting Her Priorities Right
Smita Jatia, vice chairperson of Westlife Foodworld, has donned many a hat—she is a wife, mother, grandmother, businesswoman, mentor and philosopher. While she feels there is no work-life balance for women, she believes it is important to set priorities and say no when necessary
Chitra Nair - March 01, 2024
cest la vie / Hardbound
Wipro's No to Narayana Murthy: A Rejection That Changed Indian IT Sector’s Face
Before he set up what was to become one of Indian IT sector’s biggest success stories, Narayana Murthy was rejected by Wipro chairman Azim Premji. The Infosys chairman later found out that Premji considered this one of his gravest errors of judgement. In her latest book An Uncommon Love Story, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni explores little known facets of Murthy’s life and the influential role his wife Sudha played in it
February 01, 2024
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Vijai Kishan Radhakrishnan
Head, Fidelity Wealth, India and Regional Chair, Fidelity Investments India
February 01, 2024
cest la vie / Pursuit of Happiness
Taking Off On The Right Foot
Hailing from Amarkantak, a town nestled amid mountains in Madhya Pradesh, love for activities like mountain climbing, paragliding and bouldering came naturally to Abhimanyu Saxena, co-founder of edtech start-up Scaler
Chitra Nair - February 01, 2024
cest la vie / Hardbound
When a Global Cola Giant Got a Lesson in Humour
The campaign for non-alcoholic beverage Pepsi is a major highlight of ad film director Prahlad Kakar’s extensive portfolio. However, while things took off to a great start, they did not quite end well. In his memoir, Kakar gets candid about his relation with the brand, from having an exciting collaboration that was instrumental in the brand’s rise in India to eventually parting ways over difference of creative opinions
January 01, 2024
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Sanjeev Barnwal, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Meesho
Sanjeev Barnwal loves beaches. They offer the perfect backdrop for a serene vacation, he feels
January 01, 2024
cest la vie / Pursuit of Happiness
Opening Happiness With a Chill Pill
Juan Pablo Rodriguez, the chief executive officer of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, aims to do his best each day and believes in enjoying the present to the fullest without worrying excessively about the future
Chitra Nair - January 01, 2024
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Roshini Sanah Jaiswal
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Justhuman
December 01, 2023
cest la vie / Pursuit of Happiness
The Farmer on a Long Drive
Venkatram Mamillapalle, country CEO and MD of Renault India Operations, is passionate about horticulture—he has a farm with more than 300 varieties of fruit trees. He is equally passionate about travelling and reading
Chitra Nair - November 01, 2023
cest la vie / Hardbound
What Led to Urjit Patel’s Resignation? An Insider Explains
There have been resignations in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), but governor Urjit Patel’s in 2018 over policy differences was a rare event in the history of the central bank, writes former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg in his book. He details the frustration of the government with the RBI under Patel and the circumstances that eventually culminated into the latter posting his resignation on the RBI website
November 01, 2023
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