Temples used to give spiritual benefits to the market and get material ones in returnIn ancient times, the market and the temple had a close relationship. The maintenance of the temple depended on the income that came from t...
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Little bit of humour & smart branding can go a long way for Air IndiaTata will try to bring back the Air India of its glory years, when it had memorable service that was accompanied by smart, sometimes irreve...
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Plan a visit to Thanjavur to experience the Chola grandeurThe Brihadisvara temple is a stunning repository of Chola magnificence.
22 Feb, 2018, 04.06 PM IST
Orlem parish beautifies the same railway station it helped establish a century agoWith the help of about 200 volunteers, made up of both parishioners and Malad residents, 75 percent of the project was completed on the fir...
06 Oct, 2016, 11.11 AM IST
Renowned artist Yusuf Arakkal passes away at 70Arakkal had done many works in canvases & sculptures with emphasis on tiger conservation.
04 Oct, 2016, 05.49 PM IST
A creative oasis: The Museum of Goa is so much more than just a galleryMOG is simple yet elegant three-storey white structure for photographs, paintings and installations, besides other art forms like music, ci...
21 Aug, 2016, 10.39 AM IST
How Blippar's Ambarish Mitra went from living in Delhi's slum to founding a billion-dollar companyLiving in the slums, Mitra went door-to-door in the city selling magazine subscriptions by day. At night, he worked in a tea stall.
18 Aug, 2015, 01.10 PM IST
How one CEO went from a teenage runaway living in an Indian slum to founding a billion-dollar companyWith one IPO under his belt, Ambarish Mitra now has a billion-dollar augmented reality advertising company, Blippar.
18 Aug, 2015, 10.16 AM IST
Excalibur' actor Nigel Terry dies at 69Terry's first major appearance came in 1968 in Anthony Harvey's "Lion in Winter", where he played Prince John alongside Peter O'Toole and K...
04 May, 2015, 02.38 PM IST
Basel: The unique city that juxtaposes traditional, modern & cross-cultural influencesA light, cold drizzle coupled with dull grey light added to the gloom; people rushed about, heads bent and huddled under their umbrellas.
07 Dec, 2014, 09.57 AM IST
Dan Brown: I would love to write about Hinduism; but don't know enough about Indian cultureI just write my books and hand it over to the publisher for them to work it out. I don’t have a strong opinion on this but hope there will ...
16 Nov, 2014, 04.33 AM IST
Bhadralok: An artefact from the past turning unculturedThe fading of bhadralok glory in West Bengal began not very many years after Independence and gathered pace soon after a determined clique ...
27 Jan, 2014, 11.41 AM IST
Seven levers marketers are pulling to beat slowdownFrom auto to FMCG, insurance to telecom, every sector is hitting the brakes, and CMOs are having to work harder and smarter to beat the blu...
17 Sep, 2013, 08.55 AM IST
- Fundas of body-mind
Rene Descartes came to our class in college; not literally of course: we were learning his algebraic geometry.
17 Jun, 2013, 04.35 AM IST