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When the pieces fall in place

Predictive insights driven by the convergence of big data, social, cloud and mobile solutions can help firms understand customers better

Book Extract: Connecting with consumers

How Adidas managed to reinforce its relationship with consumers while delivering 10-fold profit

Buying decisions are moving outside the realm of IT: Richard J Scurfield

Interview with senior vice-president & general manager, Asia Pacific, NetApp

Walking the multicultural talk

Confluence of Cultures, a walk through the "grey town" area of Kolkata, takes in a unique microcosm of religious co-existence

Shamitabh: Tear-jerker with a difference

With Shamitabh, director R Balki presents an inward-looking commentary on stardom dreams

Udaipur: a day with potters and puppeteers

A tourist's leisurely experience of this popular Rajasthan city is enriched by a hands-on interaction with its craftspeople

Let's talk about taste

Bad taste or good is not a uniform entity but a malleable force governed by social parameters

We Are The Godses

Nathuram Godse's nephew and niece in Pune see him as a devout nationalist, not a contract killer. The author, finds a proud family that doesn't want to make God out of Godse

Murder they wrote

Crime is fast becoming a favoured topic for writers, film makers and television networks

The World Cup project (or)

Here are two new projectors that are ideal for viewing the World Cup matches on the big screen

Dial 911 for pleasure

The Porsche 911 Targa 4S is good looking, has enormous power, yet can run like a gentle creature in slow traffic. What more would you want from a sports car

My Life My Style: Adarsh Jatia

How an electorate is like a safety kayaker

Why is India so crazy for world records?

India is possibly the most competitive country in the world, with the number of record holders in India having increased by 250 per cent in the last five years

What they call port wine in Goa

Since the Portuguese had come to Goa about two centuries before port was invented, they couldn't have brought the wine with them

Hoverboard? Not too far away

Never short of drama

Rajesh Khanna made it big, even though there was no sophisticated public relations machinery to work on his image and popularity

Toadyism or survival tactic?

Recently a photograph of a dozen or so of India's corporate statesmen lining up like schoolkids in a class to meet the new teacher ricocheted around the Internet

The Delhi Lit Fest

A bird watcher in every balcony

Bird Count India invites people to observe birds in their locality this February and share their findings