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Cracking the local marketing code

Local services can help e-commerce players trim costs and improve profit margins but execution is a challenge

Lumia 540: The hits and the misses

Microsoft's latest mid-range offering is a promising device but offers no window to anything new

Top choices in the middle

Two new mid-range smartphones from Sony and HTC that will live up to your expectations

Saint-Gobain's India march

The 350-year-old French glassmaker is stepping into the Tier-III and -IV cities

Answers to last week's quiz (#412)

Nike is the most valuable apparel brand in the world

Nike's position says some interesting things about the rise of that part of fashion known by the infelicitous name of "athleisurewear"

Why we shouldn't be picking on egg

The egg is among nature's most healthful offerings, but the debate on whether it can be part of vegetarian diet rages on

Antibiotics: Good poison, bad poison

This extract from Follow your Gut by Rob Knight explains how a life-saver can cause long-term harm

Kyoto and its temples

The painstakingly created Buddhist temples and gardens of Japan are a work of art

Book Extract: When to Rob a Bank: Freakonomics revisited

More random musings by Steven D Levitt and Stephen J Dubner on crime and its discontents

Block by block

The author writes about India's competitive cubers and their obsession to reach world records for the speediest solves

Music in the mill

Old studios, factories - even the race course - are being repurposed as entertainment options in space-starved Mumbai

Rethinking village life

The author finds out how farmers in Bharatpur are tweaking traditional methods to reap big benefits

Chess (#1152)

Jurassic World: Bigger? Yes. Better? Not really

Jurassic World brings back the thrill of the last time dinosaurs hit the screens, but it fails to recreate the magic of Jurassic Park

How to find a truly quiet hotel room

Check republic

The author revisits the enduring appeal of Madras check fabric

My Life My Style: Martin da Costa

'The weird go pro'

Amish Tripathi: The Reimaginer

Who would have thought that tales of gods would sell in millions? But Amish, with his unique narrative vision, has captured the heart of the Indian reader

Training wine people

Get the people concerned to taste wine more often - taste, not just drink. Hotels and restaurants need to institute training programmes