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Money-making pie
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Dough rising

Ruhi Batra | June 15, 2013
Four entrepreneurs share the secret ingredient that made their restaurant businesses winners.
ZEDD
Not all cool

Not all cool

Ruhi Batra | June 8, 2013
Lady Gaga loves his music. But Zedd is candid enough to admit that most of dance music today is dull and generic.
ONLINE STYLING
iStyle, you shop

iStyle, you shop

Ruhi Batra | May 25, 2013
A short floral dress or a purple maxi with black belt?
RAJASTHANI MUSIC GETS ALL THE ATTENTION
World music is a terrible term

World music is a terrible term

Ruhi Batra | May 25, 2013
Music historian Jacob Edgar on how he discovered Kailash Kher in an autorickshaw in Kerala.
The Great Life
Rise of the beer snob

Rise of the beer snob

Ruhi Batra | May 18, 2013
Ordering a beer today can be just as complicated, and expensive, as ordering a bottle of fine wine.
PITCH PERFECT
Unabashedly raw

Unabashedly raw

Ruhi Batra | May 18, 2013
The new female playback voice is vastly different from the high pitch of the earlier decades - today, it is unapologetically low, bold and husky.
Culture
Electro dance nerd

Electro dance nerd

Ruhi Batra | May 18, 2013
Cambridge-educated Ewan Pearson is one of the most respected remixers in the world today.
Voice vote
'A saturation point had been reached'

'A saturation point had been reached'

Ruhi Batra | May 18, 2013
TOI-Crest tries to find out what makes this giggly and chatty 22-year-old special.
Team boss
'For some I'm still 17 but you can't live for the image you have created'

'For some I'm still 17 but you can't live for the image you have created'

Ruhi Batra | May 18, 2013
Apart from tennis commentary, Boris Becker is busy building a business empire these days.
ECO-SNOBS
The organic brandwagon

The organic brandwagon

Ruhi Batra | May 11, 2013
From jams to dal, honey to vegetables, organic is now a label to flaunt, a brand to brag about.
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