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Design to consumer: I'm not sure we've met?

Itu Chaudhuri says designers can observe how people express themselves visually

Why CEA Arvind Subramanian is a fair choice for an extension

As CEA, he came up with ideas like bad bank, Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile, universal basic income

Overhauling of education: BJP's first big challenge in UP

Scandals around exams is endemic for the labour surplus states of the Hindi heartland

Were you dismayed with Irom Sharmila's loss in Manipur elections?

Then you really did not care about elections in Manipur

Assembly Results 2017: A partywise analysis

BJP stays solid, Cong is fluid, AAP brittle, and SP & BSP vanish into thin air

Aditi Phadnis: More than just a leadership change

Now that Mulayam has been reduced to being SP's chief mentor, is the era of agile politics over?

Ashish Sharma: Real Life economy isn't fun

GDP grew 7% for October-December over a year-ago period, exceeding estimates

Vikram Johri: The right to parenthood

Karan Johar becomes a father with twins via surrogacy

Kishore Singh: Beyond the myopic labels

An exhibition of paintings on the life and times of Christ has ended at the Church of Santa Monica

Want to short public sector banks? Look beyond Nifty Bank

Nifty Bank is not a good representative of the sector in many ways

Alok Chandra: Why wines are so expensive

The best way of ensuring grape quality is to set up your own vineyards

J Jagannath: Oscars so radical

Made in America was the longest film ever nominated for an Oscar, let alone to win one

Mitali Saran: Nationalist baby steps

Intern here and you could be a big nationalist one day

GDP and note ban: Data presents a rosy picture but fails to convince

There is an innocuous concept in data called "revised estimates

Q3FY17 GDP might be resilient but demonetisation had an impact on GVA

Gross Value Added is defined as the value of output less the value of intermediate consumption

The curious case of notes issued by 'Children Bank of India'

Was it a just a prank or sheer disdain towards the so-called security features touted by govt?

Kishore Singh: The lost 'old' treasures

Are there any secret, or undiscovered, collections of the kind in Iran, in India?

Ashish Sharma: The quicker path to riches

Virtual economies match talent and rewards better

Veenu Sandhu: Whither the Indian dream?

Instead of being a facilitator, each political formation has only tried to be an ATM for freebies

We'll get two-thirds majority in Gujarat: GPCC chief

The AAP is the B-Team of the BJP. It is not a political voting factor in Gujarat