Early on in my married life, I was content to work within the family business and put my education (an MBA degree) to use in helping manage the family interests. However, about 10 years ago, I decided to combine my passion for fashion and accessories to start a venture of my very own.

Anand Gandhi’s film Ship of Theseus is in the news for all the right reasons. Not only has it been appreciated worldwide, even Bollywood, which swears by the `100-crore club and masala entertainment, is impressed.

Of late, there has been a spurt in youngsters starting their own ventures. But given the skilled manpower we possess, we are still far from producing adequate entrepreneurial ventures, feels Aditya Mukherjee, a strategy consultant with a global management consultancy and an IIM-Bangalore alumnus, who has recently made his literary debut with the novel, Boomtown, which has entrepreneurship at its heart as well as ample doses of friendship, romance and adventure.

His film is called Sunrise (Arunoday) but he shoots every night in the dark alleys of Mumbai.

Royal one-upmanship in colonial India was not limited to romantic intrigues and loyalty to the British crown.

Jayesh Sachdev and Rixi Bhatia, Designers

Why is life so tough? Why is it so difficult to maintain a balance between home and career? Being a working woman, I face a lot of difficulty in striking a balance.

I hunt every moment for true love, and ask — can it really be so hard to find? — a teenage girl.

On a golf course, it is very easy to spot the 41-year-old Digvijay Singh. Always dressed in colourful attire and surrounded by acquaintances, the Gurgaon-based golfer is an affable personality.

Once they start talking about astronomy, it’s hard to believe that they’re just two kids who study in seventh grade.