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The hidden history of Indian nannies who sailed to England during the Raj
The hidden history of hundreds of Indian nannies who sailed to England for work from the 18th to early 20th centuries is finally being pieced together, finds Ranjita Ganesan
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A Netflix series puts the media on trial. But real life is more dramatic
Produced by actor George Clooney, lawyer and author Jeffrey Toobin, and others, this documentary highlights how in some cases gavel-to-gavel coverage wasn't just a throwaway term.
 "A Netflix series puts the media on trial. But real life is more dramatic")
Who are the people who manage to get us laughing in these grim times?
Who's making us laugh in these grim times? Veer Arjun Singh finds out
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A decade of a project to document India's butterflies gets more ambitious
Butterflies of India (IFoundButterflies.org), a website launched by Kunte in 2010, crowd-sources images to map and document butterflies in India.
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A prescient artist
Surveying a century of art practice in India, one is struck anew by how artists have reacted to situations and crises in their lifetimes.
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Changes in consumer behaviour to drive brands to rethink positioning norms
The pandemic is changing consumer behaviour say experts, forcing marketers to rethink the differentiators between mass and premium brands
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Brands, sponsors play the game of uncertainty as Covid-19 halts all sports
Can teams, athletes and broadcasters come together to keep the show going as the pandemic grinds all sports to an indefinite halt?
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Social media giants step up the hunt for fake ads to stem misinformation
Google, Facebook, Twitter get tough with imposters as they look to keep brands and users loyal to their platforms
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Small brands using familiarity to redefine engagement with customers
A clutch of home grown food and beverage brands are using their familiarity with local communities to redefine the terms of engagement with customers
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Big names in Indian philanthropy team up to respond to climate change
Some of the biggest names in Indian philanthropy have teamed up with researchers and more to craft an India-specific response to the climate crisis. Nikita Puri reports on the development
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Take predictions of a new, improved post-corona world with a pinch of salt
There appears to be a sudden outbreak of good behaviour
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CHESS #1400
Magnus Carlsen won the Magnus Invitational by taking a ding-dong final against Hikaru Nakamura where both played brilliant chess.
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Then and now in Chile
In plots that are otherwise skilfully immersive, Larrain always leaves in some extraneous, even contrived, sequences that make you come up for air
Serum Institute hopes to roll out a Covid-19 vaccine. Is this realistic?
The Pune-based company plans to start trials on people to assess whether the Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine for tuberculosis can also protect against the Covid-19 virus.
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Netflix series Hollywood is a simplistic take on a tangled industry
The first few episodes breezily capture the dreams of young aspirants and the sordid measures needed to survive in the pernicious environs of tinsel town
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Plagues, disasters and heroes
Why turn to a hero, not a god? Joseph Campbell has said a hero scores over a god when it comes to resolving the problems of the here and now because "a hero's sphere of action is not the transcendent"
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Maoism: A Global History is a milestone in describing a harrowing legacy
Julia Lovell's book on Maoism is concerned with understanding the phenomenon of Maoism when it swept the globe, in some places politically and in most places ideologically and intellectually.
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A unique fundraiser offers quality photographic prints for a steal
The fundraising initiative was created in solidarity with a nation that has fired the imagination of the global photography community for decades
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Ale Madrid: Why the Spanish capital should be on every beer lover's list
Madrid, until a few years ago, wasn't really known for its beer.
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Let it flow: If fresh beer is what you crave, how about brewing it at home?
In case you don't see yourself in long, snaking queues outside overwhelmed wine shops for craft beer that you might not find there, the only option is to brew your own. And no, it's not called hooch.
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