TRENDS
Learn negotiation skills from an art theft investigator
Christopher Marinello hunts back stolen art pieces worth millions of dollars. And at times he has to talk sense to gangsters.
TRENDS
Another crisis, another cricket contest cancelled
Just as a national calamity has forced the suspension of IPL 2021, another tragedy, the assassination of Indira Gandhi, led to India leaving their tour of Pakistan midway.
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At home in a noisy stadium or a hushed operation theatre
At a time when the IPL is being seen through the healthcare prism, we look at some cricketers and other athletes who were doctors, thus straddling sports as well as medicine.
ENTERTAINMENT
When the Beatles hung out with Bob Dylan
As the world readies for Dylan’d 80th birthday on May 24, Paul McCartney speaks about an evening spent with the maestro. The nourishment was not on the conventional kind
FEATURES
From orphanage to Vogue: How a child with albinism became a model
Her parents left her outside an orphanage in China as she had albinism, seen as a curse in the country. Xueli Abbing did not just survive the odds but has become a model and inspiration to many.
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Would like to exchange points on being calm with Rahul Dravid: Zostel CEO Dharamveer Singh Chouhan
Stayin’ Alive is the song that comes to Dharamveer Singh Chouhan’s mind when he thinks of a world without COVID, and staying cool is what he’d like to discuss with the IG (Indiranagar ka gunda).
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When Michael Collins disagreed with Jeff Bezos
The Apollo 11 astronaut differed with the Amazon founder on thinking of the moon as a potential manufacturing hub.
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How millennials are cashing in on Pokemon cards
Earlier this month, a single Pokemon card sold for about Rs 1.86 crore in an auction. If you are in possession of first edition memorabilia, you may very well be sitting on a small fortune.
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Indonesia submarine tragedy: When the sea itself is the shark
Know more about internal solitary wave, believed to be the cause of the demise of Indonesia’s KRI Nanggala 402 sub and its 53 crew members.
ENTERTAINMENT
Irrfan Khan's first death anniversary: Remembering an evening with the actor
A year after Irrfan’s passing, remembering some moments spent with the actor at a youthful awards function in 2016. Irrfan watched everything from his white cloth table with joy and an air of slight amusement. And then he wanted a smoke
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R Ashwin: Stepping outside the comfort zone
Amidst disappointment over Indian cricket’s blase response to the pandemic, R Ashwin, not for the first time, is showing some personality, like Colin Kaepernick in the NFL.
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Turn your life around like Sir Anthony Hopkins
The Welsh-born actor became the oldest winner of the Best Actor Oscar. He almost did not make it this far.
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Would like to invite Pfizer vaccine head Kathrin Jansen home: Syska Group’s Jyotsna Uttamchandani
Meeting Jansen, one of the heroines of our fight against COVID, and visiting Takayama, Japan, are some of the things Uttamchandani would like to do when the world makes a new start.
WORLD
Ethical to crypto, the changing nature of sports endorsements
Gymnast Simone Biles’ move from Nike to Athleta, basketballer Wilson Chandler’s deal with an NFT brand show that sporting endorsements have gone far beyond colas and sneakers
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Endless Chinese food, Pink Floyd concert — Talentedge MD & CEO Aditya Malik shares his post-COVID wishlist
There are a number of things Aditya Malik would like to do if and when the crisis recedes.
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'What a Wonderful World’ comes to mind thinking of a world without COVID: Satya Kalyan Yerramsetti of Telebu
Eating pani puri on the street, and chatting with Jeff Lawson and Reed Hastings are some of the things the CEO of Telubu would like to do in happier times.
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Lessons from Adobe co-founder’s kidnapping ordeal
Chuck Geschke, who passed away on April 16, used his presence of mind and smarts to escape certain death at the hands of kidnappers in 1992.
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When you ace a job interview by not appearing for it
When life coach Martha Beck got a call from Oprah Winfrey’s office to appear on her show, she declined as she was going skiing. The TV icon was impressed. Beck’s happiness tip is let yourself be quirky or odd (as long as it’s not fake)
TRENDS
Why European Super League is not such a super idea
The farcical goings-on in the planned European Super League prove that without the support of the ruling body and fans, it is hard for a new competition, however high-profile, to get off the ground. It happened with F1 and cricket’s ICL too
FEATURES
Experts advise imagining a better tomorrow to deal with pandemic
The technique of temporal distancing can ease some of the misery around the present, for working adults as well as teenagers, some mental health experts say.
BUSINESS
Luxury is about roots and DNA: Omega CEO
Raynald Aeschlimann believes that young customers are interested in new watches with some vintage appeal, and that stores should be non-intimidating spaces
BUSINESS
Morning Stars | Would love to have breakfast with Amitabh Bachchan, he defies every definition of product life cycle: Ajay Kapur of Vedanta
Ajay Kapur, CEO, Aluminium & Power Business, and MD, Commercial, Vedanta Ltd on how he starts his day and his dream breakfast guest.
CRICKET
Heath Streak ban: If the world is not free of corruption, how can cricket be?
The former Zimbabwe captain’s ban for engaging with a bookie and accepting bribes proves that even when there is big money in the game, some will always be vulnerable to temptation.
SPORTS-TRENDS
How to deal with pressure like Japan’s history-making golfer
Hideki Matsuyama was in tears when he failed to win the 2017 PGA Championships. On Sunday, he claimed the Augusta Masters to become the first Japanese man to win a golf major. Get this, video games had a role to play in his triumph.
