The original pin-striped predator is in a
miss-and-tell mode. His -- 500-million empire is the largest family-owned business group
in Britain. But Lord Swraj Paul, 67, has been a failure with his Indian
investments. In Beyond Boundaries, his revealing autobiography, the Lord Paul of
Marylebone and the Padma Bhushan awardee ''explains'' what queered the pitch for him. He
claims his licence to set up a fertiliser plant in India was cancelled in 1988 without
''prior notification.'' Apparently because he refused to accept the soon-to-be
controversial Italian company Snamprogetti's technology, which the-then Minister of State
for Agriculture, R. Prabhu, is supposed to have insisted on, at Prime Minister Rajiv
Gandhi's behest. Lord Paul is opening a Pandora's box from beyond boundaries
She should make a gem of an entrepreneur.
After all, it's in her name. After making it as a successful anchor for the star TV show, Bakeman's
Ooh La La, the soft American-accented Neelam Kothari, 28, is turning
her ebullience to her family jewellery business. Her father and brother have an
export-oriented enterprise, and Neelam has decided to use that as a base to do her own
thing. She does have some experience in designing jewellery, but she would rather test the
market before launching her own signature designs -- right now, a mix 'n match of Western
styles. Now, is she being circumspect, or plain pragmatic? Could be the latter. For, the
actress-cum-VJ rules out the eponymous sapphire, saying: ''People tend to be superstitious
about sapphires.'' ''I'll avoid blue, although my name is Neelam.'' That shouldn't prevent
her from sparkling, though
The gene junction is in
business. They may well be the first father-son duo to pass out of the Indian Institute of
Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), in its 37 years of existence. For Kishore Chaukar,
50, CEO, ICICI Securities (Class of 71), and son Ketan, 23, (Class of
98), it is a case of history repeating itself. Both are majors in marketing and finance.
To Ketan, a graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology, Powai, management studies
was the best option. And proud papa Kishore is, of course, ''delighted'' that Ketan is
also an alumnus of the IIM-A. The young man is savouring his holidays before joining
Booz-Allen & Hamilton in June, 1998. Says Ketan, whose other interests include
quizzing and sports, on his preference for the IIM-A: ''It's the best B-school. I would
have gone there even if my father wasn't a management grad from there.'' Like father, like
son
They were in the same boat. In the rapids of Rishikesh (Uttar Pradesh). Last
month, Vinod Kumar Mittal, 39, the joint managing director of the Rs
1,408-crore Ispat Industries and his wife Archana, Sajjan Jindal, 35, the
vice-chairman and managing director of the Rs 803-crore Jindal Iron & Steel and his
wife Sangeeta, B.K. Goenka, 32, the managing director of the Rs 112-crore Welspun
Polyester and his wife Deepali, and Sushil Khaitan, 38, the joint managing director of the
Rs 170-crore swil and his wife Asha, went river rafting for three days in the rapids of
the Ganges. Says Vinod Kumar for whom it was a hat-trick: ''I try and find time for
sports.'' But for the vivacious Sajjan, ''it keeps the adrenalin level high.'' Is life
smoother sailing since then?
The original pin-striped predator is in a
miss-and-tell mode. His -- 500-million empire is the largest family-owned business group
in Britain. But Lord Swraj Paul, 67, has been a failure with his Indian
investments. In Beyond Boundaries, his revealing autobiography, the Lord Paul of
Marylebone and the Padma Bhushan awardee ''explains'' what queered the pitch for him. He
claims his licence to set up a fertiliser plant in India was cancelled in 1988 without
''prior notification.'' Apparently because he refused to accept the soon-to-be
controversial Italian company Snamprogetti's technology, which the-then Minister of State
for Agriculture, R. Prabhu, is supposed to have insisted on, at Prime Minister Rajiv
Gandhi's behest. Lord Paul is opening a Pandora's box from beyond boundaries 
She should make a gem of an entrepreneur.
After all, it's in her name. After making it as a successful anchor for the star TV show, Bakeman's
Ooh La La, the soft American-accented Neelam Kothari, 28, is turning
her ebullience to her family jewellery business. Her father and brother have an
export-oriented enterprise, and Neelam has decided to use that as a base to do her own
thing. She does have some experience in designing jewellery, but she would rather test the
market before launching her own signature designs -- right now, a mix 'n match of Western
styles. Now, is she being circumspect, or plain pragmatic? Could be the latter. For, the
actress-cum-VJ rules out the eponymous sapphire, saying: ''People tend to be superstitious
about sapphires.'' ''I'll avoid blue, although my name is Neelam.'' That shouldn't prevent
her from sparkling, though 
The gene junction is in
business. They may well be the first father-son duo to pass out of the Indian Institute of
Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), in its 37 years of existence. For Kishore Chaukar,
50, CEO, ICICI Securities (Class of 71), and son Ketan, 23, (Class of
98), it is a case of history repeating itself. Both are majors in marketing and finance.
To Ketan, a graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology, Powai, management studies
was the best option. And proud papa Kishore is, of course, ''delighted'' that Ketan is
also an alumnus of the IIM-A. The young man is savouring his holidays before joining
Booz-Allen & Hamilton in June, 1998. Says Ketan, whose other interests include
quizzing and sports, on his preference for the IIM-A: ''It's the best B-school. I would
have gone there even if my father wasn't a management grad from there.'' Like father, like
son 
They were in the same boat. In the rapids of Rishikesh (Uttar Pradesh). Last
month, Vinod Kumar Mittal, 39, the joint managing director of the Rs
1,408-crore Ispat Industries and his wife Archana, Sajjan Jindal, 35, the
vice-chairman and managing director of the Rs 803-crore Jindal Iron & Steel and his
wife Sangeeta, B.K. Goenka, 32, the managing director of the Rs 112-crore Welspun
Polyester and his wife Deepali, and Sushil Khaitan, 38, the joint managing director of the
Rs 170-crore swil and his wife Asha, went river rafting for three days in the rapids of
the Ganges. Says Vinod Kumar for whom it was a hat-trick: ''I try and find time for
sports.'' But for the vivacious Sajjan, ''it keeps the adrenalin level high.'' Is life
smoother sailing since then?