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A woman came out of her house and saw 3 old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said "I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat." " Is the man of the house home?", they asked. "No", she...

If the street was disappointed with the September quarter numbers of real estate companies, it was willing to forgive and move on. No developer really turned in spectacular results but you wouldn't guess that from the manner in which share prices have rallied. Unitech's consolidated profit...

Sandeep Murthy has had an illustrious career -- he earned his management degree from the prestigious Wharton School, worked with industry leaders such as Credit Suisse as an investment banker and Sony Music, and is today the CEO of Cleartrip.com, an online travel portal. All this and he's only...

What does it take to start a company? Well, if you are Atul Khekade of Innovation Trip, then only $2,000 would be sufficient to bankroll a business -- a business that is expected to generate revenues of $250,000 by December and if all goes as planned, could well hit the million dollar mark by...

From small town Dharwad in Karnataka to Silicon Valley, California, Raghav Kher's journey has been an exciting one. Kher is now back in India with his latest venture, Seventymm, an online movie rental company that promises to deliver the movie you want to watch at your doorstep, from more than...

The author of the book Dabawalas, Shrinivas Pandit, shares his experiences of interacting with Mumbai's ubiquitous homemade food deliverymen. Dabawalas, Mumbai's ubiquitous homemade food deliverymen have been a part of my life from 1955 to 1967. With religious regularity they delivered my lunch...

The attached story can be a Legend of our Modern India but is a true story of an Uneducated, common Indian Man who changed the very life of his village. And guess what, it took him 22 years to do it. A true story of Inspiration, of Dedication, of the Spirit of Humanity - call it whatever...

The tortoise and the hare Once upon a time a tortoise and a hare had an argument about who was faster. They decided to settle the argument with a race. They agreed on a route and started off the race. The hare shot ahead and ran briskly for some time. Then seeing that he was far ahead of the...

From the outside, it is almost boringly unexceptional. Step inside Hanung Toys and Textiles' factory and office in the Noida Special Economic Zone, and the lobby is equally unimposing. The only surprise is a dhoti-clad priest serenely sipping tea from a stainless steel tumbler. Don't be fooled...

Subhiksha's incredible growth story Subhiksha founder and CEO R Subramanian (inset) With 157 of them scattered across the capital, you are more likely to walk into a Subhiksha store in New Delhi than into a post office. Mumbai isn't too far behind: at last count, there were 120 outlets of...

Dhoni’s selection as the India team captain despite the presence of senior stalwarts has raised a few eyebrows. Malay Desai speaks with young guns who have taken up the daunting task of leading teams Great necessities call forth great leaders. - Abigail Adams, writer The buzz of young India...

Dr Verghese Kurien This is a story of a dream to which the interacting faith of a great many people finally gave substance. Realisation of the dream began with the Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union, which was then like a small but sturdy plant, full of sap. That plant has grown...

At 28, a paraplegic, she makes her living from the stock markets Sujata Burla's life took an ugly turn on June 9, 2001. On a pilgrimage to Shirdi, where the Sai Baba temple in Maharashtra is located, from Hyderabad, she met with an accident. Four months later, the doctors and...

Sashi Chimala is no ordinary entrepreneur. He is not only the 'Jack of all trades,' but -- strangely enough -- even master of all. Even as a young boy Chimala dreamt of becoming an entrepreneur. And become he did. Chimala founded not one, not two, but many companies, and they are in diverse...

"Here I am -- this is me -- there's nowhere else on earth I'd rather be." I can identify with Bryan Adam's lyrics now, but I wasn't exactly singing the same tune a few years ago. I'm 30 years old and come from an upper middle-class family. The only child of my doting parents, sports and music...

<h1>In This Hindu-Muslim Love Story, Death Renews Life</h1> MUKKOM (Kozhikode), September 8:It’s very rarely that you come across a love story in which the lovers come together only after death has taken one of them, leaving one to carry on the memory of the other — and changing the life of an...

Super broker Rakesh Jhunjhunwala (left) sounded optimistic while talking about the Indian market weighed against its US counterpart at a recent meeting organised by Shailesh J Mehta School of Management, IIT, Bombay. While analysing the Indian market weighed against its US counterpart...

http://www.business -standard. com/lifeleisure/ storypage. php?leftnm= lmnu4&subLeft= 2&autono= 293258&tab= r The great hunger! Suveen Sinha / Mumbai August 4, 2007 BUSINESS STANDARD Suveen Sinha tracks the untold journeys of four entrepreneurs from penury to the accolades of super-success...

Rules (no rules) Just write a line in continuation of the story u can give any mode to the story or write anything changing the mood of story So lets start One day a man was going through jungle Now next person will write a new line in continuation could be any funny or serious ps: Dont...

My mom only had one eye. I hated her... she was such an embarrassment. My mom ran a small shop at a flea market. She collected little weeds and such to sell... anything for the money we needed she was such an embarrassment. There was this one day during elementary school. I remember that it was...