After great leader(s), Picture abhi baaki haiIn standard Indian 'political' iconography, size matters. Whether in electoral posters and billboards, or general announcements of schemes,...
19 May, 2023, 11.52 PM IST
Leadershiplessons from Goddess DurgaThe goddess offers some very profound life lessons that hold a wealth of meaning even for the management world.
31 Aug, 2021, 01.06 PM IST
Reverse expressionContrast the facial expressions arising out of stress with the visage beaming cheerfulness.
29 Jun, 2021, 11.11 PM IST
Can a mudpack mask Taj Mahal’s allure?Technology can ensure that both tourists and the Taj get what they need.
07 Jan, 2018, 10.20 PM IST
Political jousts need rhetorical wizardryHe was not alluding to the historical definition of mugwumps: Republicans supported a Democrat for US president way back in 1884.
01 May, 2017, 12.49 AM IST
From Mamata Bannerjee to Che Guevara, a lesson on leadershipAs she has already made common cause with Marxists much closer home than Che’s stomping grounds, such a confluence is not unlikely either.
05 Dec, 2016, 12.39 AM IST
Veg or non-veg gains currencyIndia is familiar with controversies about beef tallow in soap and vanaspati, and genetic modification has imbued many unexpected things wi...
01 Dec, 2016, 12.12 AM IST
The contrast between the US and India, on whose picture adorns currency notesIndian authorities should be commended for cleverly obviating all such potential protests by deciding that only the benign visage of Mahatm...
22 Apr, 2016, 04.02 AM IST
Unravelling the code of the best selfieNothing so defines the smartphone generation as the tendency to see the world as mere backdrops to their own visages.
03 Nov, 2015, 04.20 AM IST
How the same Gods change their look from one place to anotherIndians accepted those distinctly westernised representations with the same alacrity back then as they show in snapping up Chinese ones tod...
05 Jun, 2015, 07.22 AM IST
Are toons the best way to attract more people to coins?Putting the face of Queenby-association-with-New-Zealand on the other side may have been regarded as lèse-majesté in less permissive times ...
20 Nov, 2014, 04.22 PM IST
No monkey business on copyright, pleaseSome humans have also discovered a lucrative career in dressing up as primates (langurs) to deal with the "monkey menace" in many urban cen...
08 Aug, 2014, 05.37 AM IST
Christie's to launch first-ever online-only auction of Picasso Ceramics on October 15Christie's will launch its first-ever online-only auction of Picasso Ceramics on 15 October 2013.
08 Oct, 2013, 01.53 PM IST
From fake electronics to fake lions, museums; Chinese counterfeit industry has come a full circleThis April, a report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime said that China was the source of about 67% of counterfeit goods seized globally.
17 Aug, 2013, 04.41 AM IST
- All's well that ends well, in finite time
The figure dons an astoundingly cheery visage when converted to Indian rupees. It amounts to Rs 22,000.
03 Aug, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- Apro Williambhai, the Anglo-Indian prince
David Cameron had an inkling of this genealogical link when he said in India that the two nations share a special relationship.
17 Jun, 2013, 04.30 AM IST
- India Fair in Bangkok to boost trade prospects
Come July, the growing economic corporation between India and Thailand will get another boost at the ITPO-sponsored India Fair, 2008 at Ban...
21 May, 2008, 11.24 AM IST