you must have heard jack of all trades and master of none but in this case it can be easily said that the lady is jack of all trades and master of everything meet archana garodia gupta winner of this years bbc mastermind india quiz an mba from the prestigious indian institute of management ahmedabad multitalented archana is a successful entrepreneur in silverbased jewellery knows seven languages has learnt classical music under legendary singer shubha mudgal and has now won the prestigious bbc quizso whats the secret behind winning indias toughest quiz competitions pat comes the reply one has to be inquisitive read newspapers magazines and watch tv on a regular basis its all about building your knowledge through a gradual process as there is no shortcut to itmoreover a quizzer needs to ensure that he or she has a good retrieval system so that one can be quick with answers along with having the knack of taking wild guesses correctly which comes from regular practice observed archanaciting her own example archana said she was a voracious reader and has made it a point to read a book daily since her school days being an entrepreneur she travels a lot which helps her to know about new places and helps to build on the existing knowledge basecompeting for the bbc quiz has never been an easy task as the best of the lot are finally chosen from a large number of submitted applications each stage whether it is the quarter finals qf semi finals sf or finals students are asked questions on a topic of their choice and in general knowledge gk archana selected the topic on the quest of the golden fleece an epic based on greek mythology jinnah and the creation of pakistan in qf and sf respectively she opted for the krishna avatar series of books by k m munshi in the mastermind quiz finals in her personal life archana always did what she wanted to do and was never afraid to take risks i could have landed a cushy job after graduating from iim but preferred to slog it out in my fathers businessshe then established her firm touchstone which deals in silverbased jewellery and made a mark in this professioncreating a niche in ones chosen path is never an easy task and archana believes the credit for this goes to her parents who allowed her to pursue a career of her liking she remarked if you ask me i feel a young person should pursue various hobbies and interests because if you put your entire life in one basket it is a waste she said if you want to do something go ahead and do it and do not get bothered over failures as this might deter you from doing many things in life