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India's first celebrity athlete

With a week to go before Rakyesh Om Prakash Mehra's biopic on Milkha Singh hits the screens, the author take a look at the life and career of the Flying Sikh

Two directors, two films

Not much to crow about

Even the brilliant Johnny Depp is unable to salvage The Lone Ranger and its confused script

Taking home princely India

A house for Mr Bachchan

The Bachchans now own five properties worth over Rs 300 crore in Mumbai. The author gives the lowdown on the city's ultra-luxe property market

Weighing the lite options

Sugar-free and diet-free food items have caught the fancy of "health-conscious" folks. The key to healthy eating is to read the ingredients carefully and not follow the fad

Chess (#1050)

A splash of green

A few concerned individuals are trying to reverse the tide by restoring damaged ecosystems. The author meets some of them and finds out what they have done

A room of their own

Harnessing man's super power

The human body is as capable of producing electricity as any mechanical device

The Quakers who caused a global crash

The crisis of 2008 was almost exactly the story of another great financial crash, only this one occurred in 1866, says Felix Martin in this excerpt from his 'unauthorised biography of money'

Fit for Charlie's Angels

Who says the snarling sports utility vehicle is only for men? The author takes three popular SUVs for a spin across the city and believes she has found out which is the best for her ilk

Back to the disastrous future

India's own beautiful mind?

Vashishtha Narayan Singh was a poor village boy who went on to earn a doctorate from a US university. But before his genius could fully blossom, the mathematics prodigy's mind tragically became a vict

Local brands chase celebrity endorsers

The name carries enough heft among consumers, traders

Samsung goes for Galaxy shower

The Korean company has launched a range of smartphones without large price gaps to guard shares

Time for Timex's tough decisions

Turning to its international DNA, the Indian arm of the US-based watch major has been rationalising its portfolio and distribution

Honda threatens Suzuki lead in compacts battle

Amaze, the compact sedan, has helped Honda climb to the third spot

Audi steps on the gas in entry-level luxury

Luxury cars might be 1.1% of passenger car units sold, but these contribute 10% to the market's value

Emami refreshes power brand

Though its Fair & Handsome was the first mover in men's fairness creams, it has ceded market share to HUL's runner-up offering