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Bombay Lokal: These real-life gully boys help performers find their voice

Bombay Lokal emcees recently collaborated with artists in London as they have a sizeable audience there

How the emotional subject of food has entered the political discourse too

Food has always been an emotional subject, arousing fierce opinions and defiant defences

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The Tata Steel India Chess in Kolkata saw Magnus Carlsen register a convincing victory

Don't get mad, but 'hangry' isn't really angry

Anger comes in many flavours, it turns out, and the hunger-induced variety isn't quite like the others

The Prince Andrew scandal will make an excellent 'The Crown' even better

For a change, it'll be nice to see the Queen admit defeat and finally confess that she's sick of being embarrassed by her 60-something kids

'The Irishman' review: The mob's greatest hits, in a somber key

The Irishman is a monumental, elegiac tale of violence, betrayal, memory and loss

Creative exchange between Dutch and Indian artists in the age of Rembrandt

The Mughals had expanded their rule over much of the subcontinent, while the Dutch arrived to set up the Dutch East India Company

The wine hubs of Bengaluru

The Tenuta Sant'Antonio Amarone 2013 is a complex bouquet of ripe fruit, liquorice, and black pepper, with hints of chocolate

A discovery of India

This book, with its mixture of words and conflicts and cuisines, does a great job of it

Bibek Debroy's translation of the Markandeya Purana animates Devi Mahatamya

The description of how the Shakti was born and how the evil was annihilated towers above the other highly erudite chapters on Yoga, Dharma and Karma

Prolific Indian jazz musician Adil Manuel on balancing craft with commerce

Adil's parents were rock and rollers as their home in Uttar Pradesh echoed with The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Cream and Peter Frampton

Diss and be damned

When a basic food item galvanised the masses to rise against an empire

The cover story: What makes the SPG India's finest special protection force

The SPG was raised in 1985 after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was shot dead by her bodyguards

Dyson Pure Hot + Cool air purifier review: Expensive but worth every penny

Struggling for a breath of fresh air in a polluted city? The Dyson Pure Hot + Cool all-season air purifier may be a worthy product, but does it justify its premium price tag of Rs 54,900?

Samsung Galaxy Watch LTE review: Apple Watch substitute for Android users

The Samsung Galaxy Watch LTE seems to be for Android users everything that Apple Watch is for iPhone users. But does it perform equally well? Let's find out

When Pink Ball Test match cracked open a digital feast of humour for brands

"Today's consumer is evolving and we know that we must dwell on topics that matter to our audience," Meghna Apparao, chief marketing officer at GCPL said

PepsiCo makes two-pronged persuasion pitch to drum up interest in Lay's

PepsiCo is following what has increasingly become the norm, using endorsers to kickstart a campaign that is taken forward by influencers on social media

Meet author Chetan Bhagat, the enfant terrible of social media

In his latest tweet Bhagat said, 'Expecting politics without corruption is like expecting jalebis without sugar and oil'

How Delhi Airport upstaged Changi with a starry turn on social media

IGI Airport is among top 5 global and first among Asian airports on social media, marking a shift in the way public spaces are viewed and branded

From SRK to Big B, here are celebrities and their following on social media

As brands and celebrities seek greater influence among consumers and fans, the line between personal spaces and professional lives is blurring