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Ifs and butts: the long history of the derrière

Heather Radke's Butts: A Backstory’ is a witty look at the historical progress of society's relationship with the butt

The legacy of mixed-race samurai in Japan

The action series Blue Eye Samurai’ wraps a delicious vendetta story around the obsession with racial purity’

The Indian dream machine rolls on to the World Cup final

After India, South Africa have looked like the best batting unit at the World Cup. And while the 2023 World Cup matches have lacked high drama, soaring sixes and towering totals have kept it throbbing

Healing, writing and memories of Kerala

Abraham Verghese, who will be se Ws RS 3 headlining the Bangalore Literature Seer Festival on 2-3 December, discusses his love for Kerala, his latest best-seller, The Covenant Of Water’, the role of medicine, and growing up in Ethiopia with his childhood friend Ammu Joseph

Raise a cup for award winners

There are hardly any awards for tea makers domestically to showcase their craft and give us a way to discover new our tea makers have done in a year that saw weather, production and prices stacked against them. On this list are old favourites but also new teas-quite a few are available online.

INDIAN FLAVOURS GO BOLD IN SINGAPORE

There's a wave of modern Indian flavours in Singapore, with Sleek restaurants and cutting-edge bars pushing the envelope

IT'S NO ROMAN HOLIDAY

Jhumpa Lahiri reckons with her heritage in her new book, where characters share their unease about present-day Rome

Leaving a gift of kindness at a stranger's door

Mudar Patherya and his team in Kolkata draw 'alpanas' outside people's houses-it's modest, intimate, and not about grandeur and spectacle

The science of change

The Infosys Prize shows that science in India is evolving in many directions and attaining a certain level of 'cool'

Go hiking with your dog

Hiking strengthens the bond between owner and dog, and provides the pet mental and sensory stimulation

Legacy invasives cannot be allowed to run wild

The flowerhead gleamed softly, a wonder to behold. It looked like a bunch of flower-dots making up a bigger one. The leaves and blooms, when fondled, smelt of mint, and walking through a jumble of lantana bushes made you smell like a blossom: heady and lingering.

PLAN THE WEEK AHEAD

MYSTICISM IN ART

NEW ON SCREENS

A boisterous period drama series, a look at the Bhopal gas tragedy, and other titles to watch this weekend

Fashion's Next Frontier: The Destination Show

With a rise in corporate funding and focus on creating an experience, will more brands take the destination show route to shine brighter?

India Is At Peak Form In Cricket's Living Memory

Our team's impeccable game has brought World Cup glory within reach. This trail was blazed by artistry with both bat and ball, a winning blend of skills we have not seen before

India-UK Trade Talks Demand Self-Confidence On Both Sides

Focusing on the future can ease the way for sensible give-and-take

The Economic Consequences Of The Gaza War Can Be Deceptive

Financial markets have often mis-priced major geopolitical shocks and they may have got their probabilities wrong again

Riding a motorbike on the tarmac twisties of Himachal

The new Royal Enfield Himalayan 450 is a lightweight motorcycle that can be ridden across countries and continents

Why muhurat trading doesn't get you a Diwali bonus always

On Sunday, India’s stock markets held the Diwali muhurat trading from 6pm to 7.15pm, marking the commencement of the Hindu accounting year Vikram Samvat 2080. For over five decades, muhurat trading has been a ritual, symbolizing prosperity and good fortune for traders, many of whom seek to make long-term investments every Diwali. So, how have investors benefited from muhurat trades over the years?

MEET THE MAN BEHIND THE MEGA KIMS DEAL

How Dr M.I. Sahadulla built a hospital network that had the Blackstone group swooping in

Small wins from Biden-Xi meet

Expectations were low due to deep-seated differences between US, China over trade, Taiwan and human rights

JSW Infra wins bid to develop port in K'taka

The firm is to build the all-weather, deep-water Keni port for 4,119 crore

RBI bar on two Bajaj Finance products may affect retailers

Retailers across the board may suffer after the Reserve Bank of India barred the largest consumer goods financier Bajaj Finance from disbursing loans under two products.

Token releases hit cinemas as OTT mandate kicks in

Over the past few weeks, cinemas have been flooded with small budget films that come with minimal marketing or audience anticipation, resulting in negligible box office returns. Titles such as Aankh Micholi, UT 69, Shastry Viruddh Shastry and Three of Us have made their way to theatres with audiences largely uninformed about their release.

Sebi to take proposal for new delisting rules to board soon

Regulator’s consultation paper had mentioned alternatives, including fixed price for delisting

SRF plans to make India chemicals hub

As India's domestic growth after the pandemic exceeds expectations, Gurugram-based chemical manufacturer SRF Ltd is working on a plan to develop supplies for various chemicals from within the country, a top executive at the company told Mint in an interview.

Tata Tech IPO may set stage for more listings from group

Promoters to sell stake in pure offer for sale; issue will open on 22 Nov and close on 24 Nov

Option sellers lose shirts as wild price swings rule on Thursday

Option sellers make money eight out of 10 times at the expense of option buyers, goes the popular market adage. But, this saying was turned on its head on Thursday’s weekly expiry of Nifty contracts which saw the index swing a wild 248 points between high and low.

ABB may find it hard to keep up margin show in coming quarters

ABB India Ltd’s September quarter earnings were better than expected on several counts. Thanks to a more favourable mix of products and revenues, improved utilization levels and price realization, and better priced older orders, operating margin expanded 580 basis points (bps) year-on-year (y-o-y) to a multi-quarter high of 15.8%, while gross margin was up 190 bps at 36.7%. The company follows a January to December financial year.

Hindalco's shine relies on aluminium prices

For the metal industry, China is a crucial market, and hence its improving economy bodes well for demand. Here, the better-than-expected growth in China’s industrial output by 4.6% year-on-year and 7.6% rise in retail sales in October is positive. Understandably, Indian metal stocks gathered momentum on Wednesday. Amid this, shares of Hindalco Industries Ltd were not immune, rising by 4% and also touching a new 52-week high. Prior to this, the stock was up 3% in 2023 so far.