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What makes FT ex-journalist James Crabtree a brilliant outsider on inside

Crabtree has been on a mammoth promotional tour for his new book, The Billionaire's Raj: A Journey through India's Gilded Age - a seemingly endless phase of globetrotting

Harman Kardon Allure: Durable built, funky design and solid performance

At Rs 24,499, the Allure is priced significantly higher than other offerings in the same segment

UE Wonderboom review: This tiny speaker fills your room with quality sound

Your boring sound tracks may not get much attention, but a speaker playing music while floating on water will surely do

Asian Games 2018: India fields a squad of bridge players for the first time

Corporate sponsors could help take the nation further up the global rankings ladder in the game

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There are high hopes of a medal at the Batumi Olympiad where the Open Team will field Viswanathan Anand, Pentala Harikrishna, Vidit Gujrathi, Krishnan Sasikiran and Baskaran Adhiban

Aretha Franklin had power. Did we truly respect it?

We're never going to have an artiste with a career as long, absurdly bountiful, nourishing and constantly surprising as hers. We're unlikely to see another superstar as abundantly steeped in real self

Hilsa from Bengal's royal homes finally gets to public tables in Kolkata

Perhaps the very first hilsa innovation, Ilish Macher Dum Polao can be attributed to the 17th century ancestors of Siddhartha Bahubalindra of the Moynagarh Rajbari

In style, in Bengaluru

Unlike poets of other languages, Indian poets working in English are in the unenviable situation of sharing a language but little else

When I was a boy, I knew Mr Naipaul

Bharat Bhushan writes of his experiences in Sir Vidia's shadow

What is still holding back India's long promised digital revolution?

Trust, convenience, and experience set up stumbling blocks to the online experience, stemming the country's digital thrust

Brand Alexa takes local turn as the trusted aide focuses on vernaculars

Amazon has trained Alexa to understand local dialects, pronunciations, and has begun training the system in detecting nouns in languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Hindi, etc

31% Indians sleep less than 7 hrs; Kolkata, Gurugram sleep least: Survey

60 per cent of Indians go to bed after 11 pm, which is past the recommended regular sleeping time, that is, between 10 and 10.30 pm

Statspeak: How disruption can harness growth, explains Accenture's Index

Accenture has introduced a "disruptability index" and has evaluated their current level of disruption

Recipe for success

A reward strategy must keep up with the workforce's preferences

We want to use the power of TV to drive digital, says CNN's Sunita Rajan

Metrics remain an issue and brand safety is emerging as a key concern for advertisers on digital, Sunita Rajan tells Vanita Kohli-Khandekar

Brands are dishing out special offers on I-Day, but are consumers buying?

Amazon and Flipkart have announced 'freedom' sales while Reliance has a 'Digital India' sale

Brand Finance 2018: Tata, Airtel and Infosys most valuable Indian brands

Tata group's brand values surge 9%, Airtel valuation dips 14% and Infosys by 3% over 2017; HDFC Bank vaults into the top 10: Brand Finance India 2018

Andretta Pottery Studio in Himachal gets a fresh burst of youthful energy

The 'studio' is a simple structure with some kilns and potter's wheels, and surrounded by stunning greenery

Can Sony Pictures regain the ground it lost when IPL moved to Star?

The league has taken this viewership to its new broadcaster which spent Rs 163.47 billion to end Sony's decade-long, since-inception association with the cash-rich league

Indian consumer is moving rapidly up the value curve: FieldFresh Foods CEO

Brands like us are playing a small but definite role in ensuring that consumers get safe products, says Yogesh Bellani