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Kitchen's recipe for a good story

How dramaturge Jeff Kitchen cooks up life-like characters using a 'special cutlery'

Human expert augmented by AI is the best hiring formula

DR TOMAS CHAMORRO-PREMUZIC, psychologist and author, has been instrumental in building science-based tools that help companies predict performance of employees and people’s ability to understand themselves.

EYES ON VARSHA

BJP is copying its successful strategies from Haryana and Madhya Pradesh to woo voters in Maharashtra

Our government is dedicated to the welfare of Modi's four "VIPS"-the poor, youth, women and farmers

MOHAN YADAV’S ELEVATION as chief minister of Madhya Pradesh was the result of years of excellence—in student politics, as chair of the Ujjain Development Authority, then of the state’s tourism board and finally as the state’s higher education minister.

Modi goes to the pole

Bal Gangadhar Tilak said in 1903 that the Arctic was the original home of the Aryans, and that climate change in 8000 BCE forced them to move into northern Europe, later into Asia and into India. Now another climate change is nudging India to seek out the Arctic.

SOULS FOR SALE

Soul-searching has become commodified through personality tests, which can help you learn about your psyche—at a premium

Kashmir, Kashmiris need Delhi's trust

Of the 49 seats in the Kashmir valley, the National Conference won 42; the Congress, six; the CPI(M), one; the BJP, zero; the Jamaat-e-Islami, zero. It was a clean sweep for INDIA.

No sanctions on style

I was both thrilled and alarmed to be invited to this year’s Moscow Fashion Week; it’s slowly but sure-footedly trailing back to normal after the pandemic shutdown.

SECOND HELPING

Sandeep Verma and Valerie saw their ambitions crash. A beach-front cafe has been the saviour to their soul, and a roadmap to the future

Nobel tolls for Me

This, this is an abomination! The whole thing is rigged! It’s a disgrace!”

Despite AI, creating a tune still needs a human heart and philosophical mind

Two or three decades ago, it would have been unthinkable to get A.R. Rahman to agree to a quick interview, let alone have a leisurely chat after work.

DRAWS BE DAMNED

An attacking, high-risk approach could well become the staple of Test cricket

LIGHTS. ACTION

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HEDGE YOUR BETS

MULTI-ASSET ALLOCATION FUNDS MAY BE A GOOD CHOICE FOR FIRST-TIME INVESTORS OR EVEN FOR THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING AT INVESTMENTS WITH LOW-RISK AND LOWER VOLATILITY

FASHION'S NEW MISSION

A memorandum signed by 50 BRICS+ countries signals the need for fashion to move away from western perspectives

Ratan was beyond honours

On the day of his passing, Ratan Tata was eulogised in the media as ‘India’s Crown Jewel’, ‘Living Legend’, ‘Ultimate Icon’ and so much more.

DREAMER, DOER

Tata Group will keep benefitting from the many systems that Ratan Tata built

Ratan's interventions ensured Tata came out strong into the 2000s

THE FIRST BRAND custodian of Tata Group, Mukund Rajan served on the board of various Tata companies.

A BILLIONAIRE WHO WASN'T ONE

Ratan Tata was the conscience keeper of India Inc

Hatched in Pune

Business rivalry and dispute over a slum rehabilitation project are being considered as possible motives behind Baba Siddique’s murder

Conmen and other lovable rascals

Who is fiction’s most loved detective? Sherlock Holmes, without doubt.

Man of the Ear

A.R. Rahman is no longer the eager front-bencher of the 1990s, keen to prove his musical mettle. Now a more relaxed back-bencher, happy and yet more creatively ambitious, he is eyeing the larger pictureleaving his full artistic mark on the global stage

Leadership Targeting And AI

Is killing top leaders the best way to destroy militant organisations? The word “militant” is used because one man’s freedom fighter is another’s terrorist.

Tales of erotically ethereal women

In Kiran Manral’s The Moon in the Lining of her Skin, dark fantasy meets creatures of light

Lotus Roots Run Deep

The return of RSS cadre and the BJP’s grooming of second-rung leaders across the country bode well for its future

Surprise hit

Oscar nominated filmmaker Pawo Choyning Dorji says he wants to bring back migrant Bhutanese

The 'fun'tastic hero

Balakrishna, who completed 50 years in Tollywood, on casting Bobby Deol in his upcoming film, his dream role and controversies surrounding fan interactions

From biscuits to barrels

How a failed factory helped Paul John reshape India's reputation in the whisky world

ROYAL GOAL

Descendants of rulers of Mayurbhanj are now empowering the tribals of the area

Toilet paper-a bum deal

So I have picked up my jhola and been in fakir mode last two weeks—travelling for a family wedding, and then a beach holiday through Australia and southeast Asia.