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Head out on the highway: A drive through New Zealand's South Island

New Zealand is nature's revenge on the sheer ugliness of mankind

Grammy nominations 2020: Lizzo, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X dominate

Young stars lead nominations as Recording Academy strives to align its awards with the musicians pushing pop

Delhi's art musings

Quite different from Reddy's sexually intimidating sculptures is Sudipta Das's migratory juggernaut

Dire straits

Richard Davies's book is divided into three parts - survival, failure, future - each of which subdivides into three case studies about specific places

A history of a relatively neglected arm of the Indian armed forces

Nair shouldn't have used the WWII sub-title to define and limit his narrative

Meet Celia Kener, the woman who survived the Holocaust

Celia Kener told her story to Jake Nevins, the New York Times Magazine's editorial fellow

MANI app: Could be useful for visually-impaired persons if flaws are fixed

The app recognises new currency notes accurately when placed in front of the phone's camera and speaks the denomination out loud, but it struggles with the old notes

Gaultier's great goodbye

After 50 years, the designer held his last show, and it was a doozy

Ayushmann Khurrana, a rare film personality who stands up for scriptwriters

Actor, singer, lyricist and composer, Ayushmann Khurrana is a rare film personality who stands up for scriptwriters

'Republic of Religion': How the Constituent Assembly debated religion

How did the Constituent Assembly debate the question of religion? Abhinav Chandrachud examines in his new book

LG G8X ThinQ review: Capable smartphone with experimental dual-screen case

Try the LG G8X to experience something fresh, but do not keep your expectations too high

Neighbouring visit

Bangladesh is not unlike India and it would not be easy for most people to be able to tell Bangladesh apart from West Bengal

Honda celebrates 20 years of Activa scooter with the 'power of six'

Honda turns up the lights for its flagship two-wheeler brand as it completes two decades on the road

Davos 2020: Tata group leads the Indian league of brands in Global 500

11 Indian brands make it to the 2020 Brand Finance list, up from 9 last year; all except Airtel rise up the ranks

What's in a number?

Among his many names, Sachin Tendulkar became known as the 'God of Cricket'

Cadbury 5 Star to Nirma's ad: Why are brands failing laughter challenge?

For Mondelez India, its recent Cadbury 5 Star ad that had an old woman thanking a young man for 'doing nothing' as she picks up her stick was seen as insensitive and caricaturing the youth

RB hunts for relevance, extends Lizol to new sub-categories and formats

The British consumer goods company extends Lizol to new sub-categories and product formats, aligns the brand around emergent consumer needs

Right-wing book publishing is asserting itself in no uncertain terms

We are not linked to Hindu religion, but nationalism. Ninety per cent of the freedom movement was composed of Hindus, says Padmesh Dutt, owner, Hindu Sahitya Sadan

The best of 2019 from a voracious and eclectic reader's bookshelf

Though the author of Hindutva, savarkar was "hardly a practicing Hindu in the religious sense"

Behind the guitar heroes

Lester Polsfuss, aka Les Paul, was a world-class guitarist and self-promoting showman who was also a technological visionary, fascinated by electronics and studio production.