B D Narayankar

What if you had Chanakya beside you. You would have risen to power or tasted success in one of your businesses. This Indian Machiavelli was the architect of first Mauryan emperor Chandragupta's rise to power and creating a powerful empire backed by a strong economy. He is gone for now, but still you have the opportunity to act upon his teachings to reach the summit and make a difference to your business or the country at large.

While the book industry in Maharashtra is in complete disarray about distribution of books, Granthayan, India's first books-on-wheels project, has achieved a rare feet of selling 75,000 Marathi and English books in just 50 days. This is first such project in India where, 2, 00,000 books in ten mobile bookstores are moving in rural and semi-urban areas in Maharashtra where bookstores are non-existent.

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WITH VETERAN Hollywood actor Michael O’Hagan having undergone a successful dental treatment in Mumbai, it is expected that more and more Hollywood stars would come down to India for getting aesthetic dental solutions.

YES, WE are talking about the tread climber. The tread climber is a hybrid version of the treadmill and stair climber. "The machine is one of the newer pieces of gym equipment to hit the global market. It is yet to be officially launched in India, though it can be ordered from its US manufacturers," says Neesha Maria Bukht, fitness trainer at Talwalkars, Mumbai.

IF YOU are looking for an online destination module to create customised Scandinavian tours then simply log on to ScandiVision portal. You will get everything you wanted for a Scandinavian tours. The portal besides recommending good tourist spots will provide route maps, and make reservations easier and hassle-free.

AN ASIAN player always gets a raw deal. The whites go scot-free even if they are guilty of provoking and abusing rival players. Indian opener Gautam Gambhir was unceremoniously handed a one-match ban order by international match referee Chris Broad as against a mere 10 per cent fine on Shane Watson, who indulged in sledging and provoking the opener.

DUN AND BRADSTREET (D&B), the world’s leading provider of global business information, knowledge and insight, released the second edition of its publication, India’s leading infrastructure companies 2008.

RENOWNED FOR his ten wicket haul in a Test innings against Pakistan in New Delhi in 1999, becoming only the second bowler to achieve the feat after Englishman Jim Laker; his best one-day performance was six for twelve against West Indies at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata during the Hero Cup tournament in 1993. He is the leading wicket-taker for India and the third highest in the world with 619 wickets from 132 tests and 337 from 271 one dayers.

Taking advantage of not a single publication in the US focusing on the nuptial needs of NRIs living in America and Canada, marriage portal BharatMatrimony has launched a glossy magazine "BharatMatrimony Times' recently. With this, the company is expecting a huge business opportunity, staggering Rs 5 lakh advertisement revenue per issue.