Naina Lal Kidwai, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in India, is rated as one of the most successful women in the world of finance. Ranked third by Fortune in their listing of the World’s Top Women in Business in Asia in 2000 and 2001, she was also counted among the top 50 women in international business in 2003. In a talk with Vimla Patil, this banker shares the time-honoured rules that have helped her achieve success.

Music unlimited
What happens when 150 individuals from 31 schools and colleges and 22 different professions get together and sing? Inevitably, an energising fusion of music and voices — both eastern and western — and a rich blend of melody, harmony and creativity.

Rely on hugs
A good hug can do wonders for you, says Barefoot Doctor
Ipersonally learnt hugging was okay from my dad, himself a ‘real’ man among men who used to get hold of me and give me a full-on, breath-stalling bear hug every day when he came home from work and continued to do so whenever we met until he died last year.