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Wind behind their back
Dinesh Thakur took advantage of the US culture.
Chidanand Rajghatta
Bill-Will, Pyar-Vyar
First there is the cost, then there is price.
Anoop Kohli
Does the system need change?
Are we running out of ideas?
Gautam Adhikari
QUICK BUCK
Rhino on the run

Rhino on the run

Shalini Umachandran | May 18, 2013
Conservation efforts succeeded in increasing the rhino population in South Africa from 100 in the 1960s to 18, 000 a few years ago.
MINIMALIST DESIGN
Back to black

Back to black

Shalini Umachandran | March 16, 2013
Bond girl turned designer, Anouska Hempel, talks about her love for design.
Poetic Prose
A poet for all seasons - and reasons

A poet for all seasons - and reasons

Shalini Umachandran | January 26, 2013
Acclaimed Scottish poet John Burnside, who is participating in the Jaipur Literature Festival, talks about wind turbines, sonnets, Chuck Jones and…
Backpacker or a textile explorer
Textile adventure

Textile adventure

Shalini Umachandran | November 3, 2012
Ritika Mittal's saris are a smorgasbord of influences.
Online selling with a personal touch
Online yarns

Online yarns

Shalini Umachandran | November 3, 2012
Susha Suresh gives the term jack-of-all-trades new meaning.
Gender Bender
Gopis, groupies, same difference

Gopis, groupies, same difference

Shalini Umachandran | November 26, 2011
Germaine Greer enthralls the audience in Kerala with her comments on Shakespeare, Shah Rukh.
Hay Festival
Fiction is fun

Fiction is fun

Shalini Umachandran | November 26, 2011
Anna Funder was in India for the Hay Festival. She spoke about her novel.
Second Life
Joined at the hip

Joined at the hip

Shalini Umachandran | October 22, 2011
Times may change, seasons and fashions come and go, but some things stand the test of time.
Tables Turn
Psst. . .  the canteen's on a diet

Psst. . . the canteen's on a diet

Shalini Umachandran | September 24, 2011
Corporate bosses have realised what Napolean had once said - an army marches on its stomach.
Malayamal
Robots with hearts

Robots with hearts

Shalini Umachandran | July 16, 2011
Futuristic plots with an age-old dash of love and morality. . . that's Tamil sci-fi.
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