Puzzle 2 - Rice Plate

Raghavan was a bachelor and was an interior designer. He came to Kolkata 40 years back from his village in south leaving behind ages of agricultural practice of rice growing.
Raghavan was asked by his boss to entertain six people with lunch on a Sunday. His boss told him that these six people were important and Raghavan need to serve them biryani and side dishes.
On the day of lunch, the six people arrived. Then they sat for lunch.
Where was the biryani bowl kept in the table ?

Puzzle 1 - Musical Chairs

Tarun was always chided by his wife Jaishree that he did not socialize much and was silent in parties. Jaishree wanted Tarun to be a star of parties.
Tarun realized that to win the heart of Jaishree, he needed to impress people attending these parties. Most of the parties had musical chairs competition and Tarun decided that he needs to win all these musical chair competitions to impress.
Tarun was highly intelligent and had a masters degree in engineering. He decided to make a plan for success in musical chairs competition. What could be the plan?