Graphic novelist Appupen does a balancing act of his dystopian art and colourful graffiti for big brandsFor those following the niche graphic novel scene in the country, Appupen might be a familiar name. The creator of Moonward  a graphic novel set in the imaginary world of Halahala - Appupen is the pseudonym of Bangalore-based graphic novelist and artist George Mathen. When he is not working on his third novel Aspyrus, (Legends of Halahala, the second in the series and the first "silent" graphic novel in India, was released recently), Mathen might be found creating art on a wall. Not under the cover of darkness, wearing a hood, as one might like to imagine rebellious graphic novelists to be doing, but in a corporate store, pub or a restaurant.So far, Mathen has done murals for 26 stores of Fastrack  the Titan brand  across 13 cities, apart from a few walls for pubs and restaurants in Mumbai and Bangalore. He has also done the artwork for Kingfisher Blue. The designs are colourful, wit

Painting the walls red

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Once an integral part of Mumbai's cityscape, there are just a couple of thousand Premier Padmini taxis left in the city

End of the road for Premier cabs

A personal security officer with a firm that was owned by the late Ponty Chadha committed suicide at his home in Sanjay Gram Colony, police said on Friday.

Worker in Chadha's firm commits suicide

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The full bench of the EC held discussions and listened to suggestions of the parties regarding the poll

EC sets ball rolling on Karnataka Assembly elections

Kolkata based Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (IISWBM) would falicitate Rama Prasad Goenka, Chairman Emeritus of the RP- Sanjiv Goenka Group and Chairman of CESC Limited with the the Institute's Distinguished Management Fellowship. A former member of the Rajya Sabha.A former President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce & Industry., Goenka ,  also served as the  chairman, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, which later conferred on him Doctor of Science.  He  is a Trustee of Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust and Rajiv Gandhi Foundation.

RP Goenka to receive award from IISWBM

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Gadhvi, 50, dies of multiple organ failure

Guj Congress MP Mukesh Gadhvi passes away

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Billionaire vanities

Modi would deliver key note address through video conference

Modi to address Wharton India Economic Forum

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Designer crystals

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Madhya Pradesh is witnessing a rising trend of tigers being poached by electrocution with five cats falling prey to it in 2012-13, an RTI query has found.

Tiger poaching by electrocution rising trend in MP

A New Jersey client of HSBC Holdings pleaded guilty to evading taxes on $1.2 mn in income and using an account in India to hide some money

HSBC client admits to using Indian account to evade taxes

Bloomberg

EADS Corporate Foundation has entered into a partnership agreement with the Centre for Applicable Mathematics of TIFR (TIFR-CAM) and the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences of TIFR (ICTS-TIFR) to create an international teaching and research chair titled 'Mathematics of Complex Systems'. The objectives of the Chair include developing innovative research involving theoretical and computational work in mathematics.

'Mathematics of Complex Systems'

The varsity will offer courses such as 3-month certificate course, diploma degree and postgraduate specialised course

First open Agricultural University to come up soon in Nagpur

Outraged over the alleged rape and murder of three Dalit minor girls, all below 11 years, in Maharashtra's Bhandara district, members in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday sought Centre's intervention to bring the perpetrators of heinous crime to book and a CBI probe into the issue.Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Bharatkumar Raut (SS) said his head hung in shame that he lived in a nation which talked about women empowerment but where 12 days after such a ghastly incident, the accused were roaming scot-free.Hussain Dalwai (Cong) sought a CBI inquiry into the issue while his party colleague Bhalchandra Mungekar said, "Centre must direct the state government to conduct a CBI inquiry into the issue. I do not have faith in Maharashtra police."

RS MPs seek CBI probe in rape, murder of Maha girls

Says a change in mindset towards women in the society is needed

Strict laws alone not sufficient for women's safety: Maha CM

The aforementioned deal is a partnership between 2 organisations with incredible track record of identifying, supporting, funding early-stage companies through power of peer support

IIM-A's CIIE, Village Capital launch Acceleration Program for tech start-ups

Delhi has been voted as the most unsafe metro city in the country by women travelling alone for leisure, business or both, a recent survey has found.

Delhi voted most unsafe metro in survey

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