Indigenous storytellers from remote corners come together with urban professionals.

And thereby hangs a tale

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Shine Jacob visits the Asurs in north Bengal who believe that they are the descendants of Mahishasura, the mythical demon king.

The demon's brood

The CBI has started an initiative to introduce school children to forensic methods, hoping it&rsquo;ll help curb corruption.

School of detection

Ok, so you&rsquo;ve decided to set up a winery, and want to know how to go about it &mdash; mind, this is no namby-pamby home-made wine stuff, but the real thing: a boutique winery.

How to produce wine

Anybody who has ever been mugged can testify PTSD follows. If the victim is playing a tournament, loss of form would be understandable. Mr and Mrs Vassily Ivanchuk were mugged as they left their Sao Paulo hotel to board a cab for the airport. Mrs Ivanchuk&rsquo;s passport was taken, as well as money and personal effects.

Chess (#976)

Srinivas Krishnan drives a gorgeous Karmann Ghia at Europe&rsquo;s fanciest vintage and classic car event.

It's in your Karmann 

So you&rsquo;ve booked your tickets to watch the Indian GP and you&rsquo;re all set to go to the Greater Noida racetrack. But how much do you really know about the Buddh International Circuit? Don&rsquo;t worry, we&rsquo;ve got the information you need to help you understand the track perfectly.

Know your... 

I&rsquo;ve been driving a Hyundai Santro for the last five years and now plan to upgrade to a diesel sedan. I want a feature-packed, value for money car within a budget of Rs 7 to 8 lakh. I had shortlisted the Toyota Etios diesel and Mahindra Verito. But after reading reviews of the Etios that suggest its engine is noisy and that water and dust filter into the cabin, I am confused.

Veri good!

Wildlife is important, but humans need to be considered too, Asian elephant expert Raman Sukumar tells Indulekha Aravind.

The pachydermist

Sirio Maccioni tells Rrishi Raote that his restaurants are not about cutting-edge cuisine but about doing the classics well.

Circle of food

I reckon by the time you are reading this, the &lsquo;Ipun because Isad&rsquo; tributes to You-Know-Who will have subsided somewhat. And by Sunday all those Einsteins on MacBook will desist from putting up ever more brilliant graphic interpretations on his passing.

Jobs and the fun factor

Writers and audiences at the Kovalam Literary Festival traded words, not all of which, says Kishore Singh, were suited to the occasion.

Reading anger

Of all things &mdash; Achilles, in a romantic novel. Achilles, whose father was a king and mother a goddess, the hero who fills Homer&rsquo;s Iliad with other people&rsquo;s blood, not all of it justifiably spilt. The warrior who, insulted, refuses to fight, and so lets the Trojans kill thousands of his fellow Greeks. Above all, Achilles, who may not even have existed as a real human being, and of whom there is no surviving archaeological evidence.

Heroes-in-waiting

It&rsquo;s what made Apple famous. &lsquo;1984&rsquo; wasn&rsquo;t just about personal computers. It was more personal than that.

Ad that changed the world

Apple CEO Tim Cook has revealed the hardware that would be packed inside the iPhone 4S. It will sport the same look as iPhone 4 &mdash; a Gorilla glass-front, a sleek glass back and an aluminium antenna band that runs along each side. The device will also have the same Apple A5 CPU as the iPad 2, which is a dual-core, ARM-based chip, running at 1GHz. This should power up 4S considerably for streaming multimedia content, running apps and emails.

Smart rivals of iPhone 4S

An increasing number of people are turning to the web seeking health care support. Cashing in on the growing trend are sites offering medical counselling and bringing you closer to the best possible professionals in town.

Safety net: Doctor on call

Hitesh Dhingra, co-founder and CEO, Letsbuy.com, is a serial entrepreneur who also co-founded India&rsquo;s first contextual online advertising network. Amanpreet Bajaj, co-founder and COO, has been a web entrepreneur since he was in college, founding a youth portal in 1999 while pursuing an undergraduate degree in Information Technology from Delhi University. They spoke to Alokananda Chakraborty about the direction in which e-commerce in India and Letsbuy.com are headed. Excerpts.

Q&A: Hitesh Dhingra & Amanpreet Bajaj, letsbuy.com

In an increasingly global business world, where teams work across borders, understanding different work cultures is the key to success. Three leaders and their experiences.

Across cultural boundaries

The uniform segment in India is approximately $2.86bn and is growing at a CAGR of 11.21per cent.

KIT: Uniform Work wear Segment in India

The top 10 business bestsellers

Tata Sky wants to shed its premium tag and has launched a new television campaign to drive home the point.

Method in the madness

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