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Bring on the lust

Lust Stories scores because it offers vignettes of reality in the lives of modern Indian women

DESI and Charaka women show that Gandhi's philosophy still works

A rural women's collective and its marketing arm have created an ecosystem in which weavers get reasonable wages for producing ecologically sustainable, naturally dyed fabric

The World's 50 Best Restaurants: A quick look at global culinary trends

At the recent 'Food Oscars', the accolades went to both purists and experimenters

The long road for Ireland

Ireland's 76-run loss to India in the first T20I was hardly surprising, but the gulf in quality between the two sides couldn't be ignored

David Lynch and Donald Trump: A brief, surreal history

A back and forth between a president and an art-house auteur sprung up this week, with a strange and misconstrued endorsement ultimately ending in rejection

The fairest one: Emami- Hindustan Unilever spat revives an old brand war

The two battle it out in the controversial but lucrative fairness cream market, spark a fresh bout of aggression in the war between the brands

Fifa raising stake as World Cup fever grips Indian merchandise market

The idea is to keep products that appeal to audiences and encourage them to wear their game and team affiliations on their sleeve

Is India on the threshold of brand colonisation?

As another home-grown success sells internationally, Bharat Bambawale looks at what lies in store for Indian brands and the big lessons for marketers

Max Life to ICICI Pru Life, private insurance firms climb the loyalty curve

LIC, the survey finds, is losing out to private players because of the level and quality of innovation in products, customer service and technology

Prega News' campaign on expectant fathers to quit smoking sparks a debate

While film actors have endorsed the brand in the past, the latest campaign doesn't feature a star protagonist

The Strategist Quiz ( # 567)

The Strategist Quiz

Airtel battles trolls as brands learn to navigate hate

Given the growing abuse and hate online, it is time for a social media primer for brands, say experts

Bosch and Siemens to repeat its success in Indian consumer durable market

Late entrant BSH shuns the mother brand strategy to launch a concerted attack on competition in the highly competitive consumer durables market

Meet 17-year-old Arsh Ali, India's youngest archaeologist

Ali is trying to trace evidence of an ancient Buddhist connection between Ashoka and Egypt

Movie review: Ocean's 8 scores on star cast but loses out on weak content

Ocean's 8 is in parts enjoyable and watchable, but its visual appeal fails to make up for a lack of meaty content - it is devoid of any inventiveness or complexity

Strife and grief

'Fauda' is very biased in its myopic view of Palestine while completely ignoring the ham-fisted way the Israeli state treats the Arabs

Jairam Ramesh's book 'Intertwined Lives' on bank nationalisation

Political compulsions may have prompted Indira Gandhi's fateful decision to nationalise banks but it was her Principal Secretary P N Haksar who choreographed the policy

Exhibition: The ancient art and agony of Australia's indigenous community

A brave and unusual exhibition has a country confront its historical wrongs and showcases the brilliant, ancient art of Australia's indigenous community

The vision mission exercise

Words matter only if they flow from the depths of intentions, when they have consequences

The theatre of democracy

Democracy, wisdom and war are linked in a complex web in ancient society