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Does your organisation conduct gender audits and have a diversity vision?

About 69 per cent of the organisations are unable to understand the financial benefits of diversity

Cheap trading brands are our biggest challenge, says Avneet Singh Marwah

Consumer trust and manufacturing will give us an edge, while price is the competitor's only advantage, says Avneet Singh

Firms are taking less time to detect a security breach, says Accenture

This year, 55 per cent of organisations took one week or less to detect a breach compared to 10 per cent last year

Localisation in India: Carmaker BMW wants to cut cost and time to market

The BMW Group's plant in Chennai produces the BMW 3 Series, the BMW 3 Series Gran Turismo, the BMW 5 Series, the BMW 6 Series Gran Turismo, the BMW 7 Series, the BMW X1, the BMW X3 and the BMW X5

Has Indian handloom's newly acquired chic rubbed off on its weavers?

While the govt offers us subsidised resham through NHDC, the bureaucracy involved makes it unviable, said Hasin Mohammad

Adieu to an artist possessed

Recognition for Ram Kumar came in his last decades when his market escalated, but not to extraordinary peaks like for V S Gaitonde

Beyond the Clouds: Majid Majidi's film remains trapped in woolly-headedness

Majidi falls into the trap of overplaying the cliches, which is perhaps most evident in his portrayal of Mumbai's prostitution business and the treacherous bosses who helm it

For Dhasal

Chandramohan's book, Letters to Namdeo Dhasal - his second after Warscape Verses (Authorpress, 2014) - pays tribute to the older poet

Muharraq: Old capital fell into disuse after collapse of the pearl trade

In its heyday, even Cartier found it impossible to ignore the unique pearls of Bahrain

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There are two homegrown US prodigies to watch out for, in Awonder Liang and Jeffery Xiong

Housing communities for senior citizens look like attractive options

The rise of such communities owes to many factors, such as the disappearance of joint family structures

Meet photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, who has clicked his way to Pulitzer

Siddiqui is now hopeful that his photographs can raise more awareness about the Rohingya tragedy

JBL Cinema SB450 review: Bring home the action with this Rs 39,999 marvel

The JBL Cinema SB450 is made for watching movies, TV shows and matches, and it performs as well as home theatres in that range. Anything more than that is a bonus

Architect Abha Narain Lambah explains the political power of her vocation

Narain also discusses the need for a vision and the usefulness of chai

Kodak 50-inch UHD TV: Picture-perfect smart TV marred by remote controller

The Kodak 50-inch UHD smart LED TV, offering a great picture quality and easy access to content on YouTube, Netflix and Hotstar, is a mixed bag of features

A mental workout

The secret to being fit is actually not a secret: eat less than you want to, every day, and exercise, often

Who manages the vast wealth of celebrity sportspersons and actors?

'For stars in entertainment industry there's almost always also a family member who serves as an intermediary between investment professionals & the star' Atul Kasbekar, Bling! Entertainmet

Salaam Bombay Foundation is building a 'super army' of slum children

The Salaam Bombay Academy of Sports, Arts and Media caters to more holistic development of students

Bo-Tai in Delhi: How much can a restaurant experiment with Thai food?

The idea is to break preconceived notions of Thai cuisine without treading into the realm of fusion, which Singh deems an 'ugly' concept

Try a holiday that lets you learn a new skill even while you unwind

Want to play with clay up in the hills?