Ask the Insider
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Are Art Auctions Rigged?
Bijay J. Anand, MD, Kyozan Arts helps us navigate the colourful labyrinth that is the art market
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Why Are Gold Biscuits Better?
We spoke to Shashikant D. Shah, trade consultant to the jewelry industry about the tricks of the ornaments trade
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Casting Couch in Publishing?
Powerful (or overworked) editors; starving (or glamorous) authors; a dying (or booming) industry publishing can look mystifying from the outside. We put your questions to Ravi Singh, Publisher at Penguin Books, India
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What’s a Hacker’s Biggest Fear?
Hackers. Faceless people who deface government Web sites, who can peek into your computer without you knowing. What are they like? We asked Akash Mahajan, a Certified Ethical Hacker, for a few insights into the shadowy world
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I Get Bitten At Least Once a Month
We talk to Brigadier K. V. Rappai, former army vet who is now in private practice, about pet problems and how adventurous his work is
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How Much of the Reality Show is Scripted?
Fiction is so last century. Reality TV now takes centre-stage on our TV screens. Varun Duggirala, who produced Get Gorgeous 5, Launchpad 3 and Kidnap, tells us what really goes on behind the ‘reality’
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Can Creativity Work to Deadlines?
What do ad folks do, aside from giving themselves lots of awards? We asked Alok Nanda, creative director and founder of Alok Nanda Company (the agency behind Forbes India’s launch campaign) to tell us all about it
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Is There Such a Thing as The Seven-Year Itch?
We speak to Dr Anjali Chhabria and Dr Harish Shetty about the trials and travails of marriage menders
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Is Chocolate Good for the Skin?
We have a rather weak spot for chocolate. So when we heard that Adelbert Bucher, master chocolatier at Lindt and Sprungli, was in the country, we jumped at the chance to ply him with questions
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Tiger Country Is Safer Than City Roads
Tiger conservationist Sanjay Gubbi, from the Wildlife Conservation Society, answers your questions on India’s national animal
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An Absolutely Correct Balance Sheet is Impossible
An auditor, who has seen the inner workings of corporate balance sheets from up close, takes us inside that secret world on the condition that we don’t out him