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Forbes India 13th Anniversary: Rewind of Key Milestones of India's Corporates and Startups

A rewind of the key milestones in India's corporates and startups, through the lens of 13 years of Forbes India

India in 140 characters: Twitter's rise in the country

Twitter India's strategy is to delight its growing audience in the hope that this will later lead to revenues as user engagement grows

Why decisive leadership matters

Leadership is crucial to success. And good leaders can fix a confused culture quickly

AirAsia tragedy capped a deadly year for civil aviation

The world's highest-paid musicians

The top 10 combined earned $1.4 billion pre-tax last year—nearly half of which went into Dr Dre's pocket

Steve Forbes selects 2014's top books

Sound money, timeless innovation and the virtues of laissez-faire: Forbes chairman and editor-in-chief Steve Forbes selects (in no particular order) his eight favourite books of the year

Emperor Jahangir's dagger goes on display in New York

This ornate weapon, forged in the early 17th century for Mughal emperor Jahangir, was sold for an estimated $250,000 to Qatar's royal family in 2013. It's not just another fancy steak knife: Its peripatetic history links it to the Taj Mahal, the man behind Morse code and a well-known arms dealer in Pittsburgh. And at age 390 or so, it still looks pretty sharp

'Indians prefer to invest in real estate in Singapore, the UK and Dubai'

Knight Frank residential chief Andrew Hay says they go to places where there is a lot of family

The $6 Billion Sequel to 'The Six Million Dollar Man'

Forbes Billionaires Poll: On Personal Staff Employed

Engage: Events & books to look forward to

Mind-growing events & experiences

Thoughts on brevity

My Brussels: Europe's melting pot

Thanks to the European Parliament, the city is a melting pot of culture and cuisine

Savvy managers are turning around Tommy Hilfiger

Tommy Hilfiger drove his eponymous all-American fashion brand into the ground with a glut of cut-rate merchandise. Now a pair of savvy European saviours are bringing it back

WalMart heir Carrie Walton Penner: Force behind America's charter school movement

Sam Walton's granddaughter Carrie Walton Penner is the most influential force in public education that you've never heard of. She shares her plan to make charter schools a national option in America

David Baazov: The king of online gambling is just 34

David Baazov went from sleeping on Montreal park benches to an $800 million personal fortune with a brazen bet on internet poker. Now he gets to up the ante

Indian luxury cars: JLR takes on the Germans

Jaguar Land Rover may be a late entrant into the country's fiercely competitive luxury automobile market but it has a plan to break the German stranglehold over India. And it is already driving Tata Motors's fortunes

Devi Shetty's affordable health care services now in Cayman Islands

Can Dr Devi Shetty replicate the India success of Narayana Health in Cayman Islands, and deliver affordable, quality health care to the Western markets? For now, he is happy to have made a start

Kolkata Book Fair: The city's love affair with literature

Kolkata's love affair with literature is intense. And the city's signature book fair is a symbol of that relationship

Fashion's comeback king: Umberto Angeloni set to repeat success of Brioni

Umberto Angeloni made Brioni into a pillar of luxury menswear. Now with the Fosun-backed Caruso label, he has designs on doing it again

The whales of Baja California

A close encounter with these giants can be an enlightening and moving experience

How Twitter changed its mind on India

In 2013, the microblogging site was tepid about the India opportunity. Things have changed. Today, the country is Twitter's fastest-growing market

Spanish firm Gamesa eyes solar power business in India

After becoming a market leader in the wind energy sector, Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica is eyeing a foray into solar power in India. Chairman Ignacio Martin speaks about the firm's expansion plans

Hyundai's 'sunshine car' Santro drives into sunset

Few expected Hyundai's compact car to succeed. It did more than that. And now, as it gets consigned to history, here's a look back at its role in transforming the Indian automotive market

How Kalanithi Maran lost SpiceJet

Ajay Singh and yet another set of investors try their luck at turning around an airline with an amazing history

Nuggets: Cool designs and tech

A pick of the best, the latest, the greenest, the quirkiest, the most luxurious... that money can buy

'Achchhe din' no longer mere rhetoric: Indian entrepreneurs bullish about economy

Hope floats as India's leading entrepreneurs say they are willing to put their money on an economy on the cusp of a likely turnaround