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Why New York's Magnolia Bakery has received a warm welcome in Bengaluru

The Bengaluru-based brand came into existence earlier this year with the intention of bringing global food brands to India

An expensive venture

Krsma Syrah Hampi Hills 2016 has lush and opulent flavours of ripe blackberries, dried black currant, and mocha on the palate, with a characteristic lingering black pepper spice note

He hasn't had a decent song in years, but Elton John now has a great book

What the book lacks is a little bit more about the music

Robert Freeman, the man who helped define The Beatles, dies at 82

His covers for 'With the Beatles,' 'Rubber Soul' and other records helped define the group's imagery early in their career

Sabarimala once more

Social justice and progressive social reforms are never a walk in the park

Chandrakant Sompura, the man who designed a Ram temple for Ayodhya

While designing the temple, Sompura planned for the main premises along with the disputed 2.77 acres of land

Moving on from gloomy past: JetPrivilege loses the jet, gains new identity

The defunct airline's loyalty programme rebrands itself, calls itself InterMiles and gets a new logo as it looks to live down its past

Lotte picks up the confectionary trail, puts spotlight back on Coffy Bite

The Korean major that owns Parry's Confectionary turns to an old faithful brand, Coffy Bite, to push its way forward in the candy and gums business

Crocin 2.0: GSK is reinventing the pain-reliever brand to keep it relevant

The British multinational adds a fresh extension to its 40-year-old flagship, hopes to leverage the brand's recall to expand its remedial reach

The Strategist quiz #639

Here are the questions for the strategist quiz #639

Answers to the Strategist quiz #638

Here are the answers to the strategist quiz #638

Santoor's soap campaign is my favourite, says Yardley India's Manish Vyas

The ad stands out because of the consistency of the message over the decades

Brands bow to influencer marketing power, but look for tangible returns

Across categories, influencers wield more clout, draw bigger fees. But there is a growing clamour among marketers, to track the fakes on the list

5G gambit: Cisco focuses on telecom segment, sees big opportunity in India

By some estimates, setting up 5G networks would require $70 billion worth of investments in India.

'Doctor Sleep' review: A duller 'Shining'

Doctor Sleep is a not a Stephen-King-scares-the-pants-off-you kind of movie. It's a Stephen-King-invites-you-to-ponder-the-nature-of-evil kind of movie.

CHESS #1375

Wesley So is the first official World Champion at Chess960 or Fischer-Random

Racism on the sporting field needs to stop. Immediately. No excuses

Many players of colour in the Serie A - Kalidou Koulibaly, Blaise Matuidi, Sulley Muntari and Moise Kean - have been subjected to racial discrimination in the past few seasons

How the Titli Trust is protecting 'lesser' creatures such as butterflies

A workable formula for wildlife conservation might lie in pulling in locals to save their own environment, feels Sanjay Sondhi of Titli Trust

Meet breakers Ramesh Anand Yadav, Arif Chaudhary and Johanna Rodrigues

Mumbai's break dancers pin their hopes on their passion to dance to get out of city's ghettos

Moto G8 Plus review: Better than peers in the segment, with unique imaging

Priced Rs 13,999, the Moto G8 Plus, bringing together the best of the Motorola One-series and Moto G-series smartphones, is a unique product in the midrange segment