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Amul raises a virtual storm amid rising sentiment against Chinese products

The homegrown dairy brand finds huge support online, as it plays into the rising sentiment against Chinese products. But has it overplayed its hand?

How Hyundai's Creta beat the odds to become most sold car in May

Smart positioning, continued communication and a global design language have played a big role, say experts

What did it take Ashok Leyland to come up with a customised truck?

An important innovation in the automobile sector in recent years, albeit restricted to passenger vehicles including four- and two-wheelers, had been customisation

A novel presages a dystopian world from a pandemic worse than Covid-19

The End of October, published this April, has at its centre a fictional virus sweeping across the world, forcing people to live under indefinite lockdown, and pushing the global economy disaster.

The wide-ranging cinema of Basu Chatterjee, chronicler of Mumbai's quirks

While Basu Chatterjee captured the rhythms of the metropolis like no other filmmaker, his cinema was remarkably wide-ranging

Paedophile Jeffrey Epstein's victims speak out in this Netflix docuseries

A disturbing Netflix docuseries on Jeffrey Epstein lends a strong voice to the paedophile's easy victims, writes Dhruv Munjal

Education shifts online, leaving behind a disadvantaged segment of students

According to a National Statistical Office (NSO) survey, only 23.8 per cent households in the country have internet connectivity and only 10.7 per cent have access to computers

The honeymooners who organised a train that helped others get home too

When a close friend of mine had a quiet wedding in Manipur on March 18, it seemed a risk-free affair. The coronavirus hadn't yet travelled to the Northeast

Panther poetry

The internationalist outlook of the Dalit Panthers has been described as fitting 'into the global mosaic of anger, protest, demonstrations, violence, and youthful revolutionary upsurge'

The pandemic is finding eloquent expression in India's folk art traditions

Contemporary works by folk artists are increasingly documenting the pandemic, relaying, through the songs of bards and works in colour, ways to keep oneself safe.

Covid's toll on women

The lockdown has seen a sharp spike in the incidence of domestic violence, and Listen to Her, a crisp, seven-minute film, shot at Das's own home, mainly draws attention to it

The migrant disaster will be a blot on the country's collective conscience

Lockdowns, which have come with daily trackers and goals of flattening curves, can be akin to ineffectual New Year resolutions

How an inherently collaborative film industry will adapt to the time

Many in the business of cinema are cautiously excited as the industry receives the green signal to restart work.

The best of Indian wines

The quality (and price) of wines made in India improves/increases each year and there's no question that our best wines are today much better than most imported wines priced at the same level.

CHESS #1404

The Biel Chess Festival in Switzerland may happen over the board! This is the 53rd edition and it's tentatively scheduled for mid-July

With customer behaviour changing, Eno & Sensodyne lace up for digital race

With the creative ecosystem being overhauled in a lockdown, GSK Consumer refurbishes the digital branding toolkit

Viewership trends reveal the power of free platforms, regional content

For many who believe that TV is dead, this tells you a different story

How delivering the right message is tough for brands during a crisis

Why did Nike's ad resonate? And why Kent's backfired...

OTT players diversify content libraries as regional movies, shows score big

Digital entertainers diversify the content libraries as language movies and shows score big in the lockdown

Tata, LIC, Reliance most valued brands but Covid may spoil the equation

Tata group holds on to the top rank while Reliance climbs a spot; Indian Oil debuts in the top 10 list with a 41% jump in brand value