December 27, 2023 06:19 PM ISTIf AI were around when he was younger, Ruskin Bond says it might have helped him to score better marks in maths and physics. And perhaps later in life, to create plots for his stories.
December 26, 2023 09:44 AM IST A combination of factors have ignited demand for food being flown in from distant places to consumers willing to pay for it, and businesses are lapping up the opportunity
December 24, 2023 08:49 PM IST From the cover design to the dedication, ‘For Nani, who can’t read this book because she is dead. And may not have bothered to if she were alive’, the text of 'Welcome to Paradise' by Twinkle Khanna is infused with a self-aware wry energy.
December 24, 2023 07:27 PM IST Achyut Chetan on the problem with saying "founder fathers", gaps in scholarship, and how the 17 women in India's Constituent Assembly contributed to the Constitution of India.
December 24, 2023 05:44 PM IST Certificates of authenticity can be unreliable in cases where distant relatives of dead artists or sometimes even gallerists generate them. Checking the provenance of the painting - establishing each step of where it went from the artist's studios or gallery, who bought it, when and from whom - is the best way to know whether an artwork is real or a fake.
December 24, 2023 12:57 PM IST Making last minute Christmas plans? Book these places for delicious Christmas brunches in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, and Goa
December 23, 2023 06:37 PM IST From Culture Amp to Kazoo, AI-powered employee engagement applications and tools that are starting to click - and what can they do for employee feedback, employee wellbeing and personalized engagement.
December 23, 2023 01:22 PM IST As discussion on period leaves and mental health offs heats up, employee well-being will continue to be a key focus next year. As extreme weather events impact India and other nations, formulation of a climate conscious corporate policy at the workplace is another likely trend one might see in 2024.
December 23, 2023 12:43 PM IST Year end lists of books read has enshrined itself in our minds and socio-cultural spaces as the intellectual ornament to be flashed to show supremacy. Yet even the best editors can't agree on which books to read and why.
December 22, 2023 11:10 AM IST The screen version of Rumaan Alam’s accomplished novel Leave the World Behind is a disappointment in more ways than one.
December 20, 2023 04:12 PM IST Book review: In ‘Goa, 1961’, Valmiki Faleiro wonderfully captures the state’s complex history. A look back at the developments on Goa Liberation Day 2023.
December 17, 2023 07:00 PM IST Book review: What worked for China won't work for India. The way forward will have to be different, mindful of our context, suggest Raghuram Rajan and Rohit Lamba in their new book, Breaking the Mould: Reimagining India’s Economic Future.
December 20, 2023 04:24 PM IST Year Ender 2023: 24 books of fiction and non-fiction that evoke contemporary India, from Siddhartha Mukherjee's Song of the Cell to Deepti Kapoor's Age of Vice.
December 17, 2023 11:25 AM IST Once, Air India’s air hostess sarees offered cues to urban Indian women on how to drape theirs to look on-trend. Designer Manish Malhotra’s trendy saree gowns and pantsuits may add another sartorial look to the working Indian women’s wardrobe choices.
December 16, 2023 08:14 PM IST Wharton Professor Adam Grant argues that being an imperfectionist; seeking discomfort and refusing to let insecurity or embarrassment bog you down; and being a sponge for useful information and discarding what’s irrelevant are key.
December 16, 2023 05:14 PM IST Google’s Gemini signals the emergence of a major competitor. Of course, OpenAI is almost certainly working on GPT-5, and we can expect that it will also be multimodal.
December 16, 2023 02:05 PM IST The popularity of pickling isn’t limited to surplus mangoes or the growing awareness of what goes into store-bought pickles, bloggers and influencers have contributed significantly to the trend.
December 16, 2023 12:20 PM IST For the last two decades the Pantone Color Institute based in New Jersey, US, has provided annual colour prompts to industry to tweak merchandise colours in its bid to marry business and marketing in one fell swoop.
December 16, 2023 09:57 AM IST According to a survey conducted by Tinder, in 2023, people dated ‘for the plot’: no end goal in mind, only fun stories to tell your friends.
December 16, 2023 10:13 AM IST Set largely in Cairo, Deena Mohamed’s enchanting graphic novel Shubeik Lubeik portrays an alternate universe of wishes and their discontents.
December 24, 2023 01:08 PM IST Kahwa is more nutritional than other forms of tea, says Kashmiri Unani doctor Hakeem Naseer Ahmad Shah, founder of Unani and Panchkarma Group of Hospitals.
December 14, 2023 11:15 AM IST Tharoor, author and Congress member of Parliament talks about what has changed for Malayalam literature to become hugely successful in translations today.
December 10, 2023 08:19 PM IST The interdisciplinary arts festival which starts from December 15 in Goa has more than 150 events spread across nine days
December 10, 2023 05:03 PM IST We delved into the world of salt and found out that it wasn’t just about salt.
December 10, 2023 02:33 PM IST Kaun Banega Crorepati TV show contestant Alolika Bhattacharjee Guha’s infectious laughter and joyful banter with show host and actor Amitabh Bachchan prove that money can't buy you happiness.
