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Rs 400-crore bungalows: Where billionaires live!

A home in Lutyens' Delhi is the surest sign of having arrived . . .

B K Birla alters will

Now, Godrej locks its history in Amar Chitra Katha

It is not the first time the history of the Godrej family is being written. In its centenary year in 1997, film journalist and former editor of Filmfare and Screen B K Karanjia had, at the behest of the industrial family, penned a voluminous two-part history, tracing their trials and tribulations since 1897. So, what made the family want to tell its story again 25 years later? And not through another book, but through a completely different medium?

B K Birla, a doyen of Indian industry is no more

Birla was the chairman of Century Textiles and Industries and had been active in business since the age of 15. He was instrumental in a slew of business initiatives, starting with his stint as the chairman of Kesoram Industries.

Was Mahatma Gandhi India's first corporate agent?

Gandhi and Birla, in spite of their closeness, too differed.

Food Security Bill: A few pertinent questions

Can the leaky public distribution system, or PDS, deliver the subsidised grain to two-thirds of the population?