Identity

After scoring a Rs 100 crore blockbuster with Ajayante Randam Moshanam, Tovino Thomas faced a major setback as his next film, Identity, emerged as one of 2025’s biggest box-office failures.

4,000-year-old dental plaque uncovers evidence of people eating psychoactive betel nuts

Researchers from Chiang Mai University and the California Academy of Sciences have identified chemical traces of betel nut chewing in a 4,000-year-old burial.

Bharat must remain Bharat, should not be translated: RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat on India’s identity

According to Mohan Bhagwat, the global respect India commands today is rooted in its original identity as Bharat. He also cited Yogi Arvind to say it is God's will for the Sanatan Dharma to rise and for the rise of Sanatan Dharma, the rise of the Hindu nation is inevitable.

It wasn't me: Foreign residents with same name, nationality, and date of birth given same ID in Japan

Japan launched an ID number system called 'My Number' in 2015, but some people have said the new system risks human errors and data leaks.

Milan Kundera dies at 94: 6 must-read books by the author

Czechoslovakia-born French writer Milan Kundera died in Paris at the age of 94, as per reports in the local media.

From Mardi Gras to Burning Man, a year of wild human experiences

The world’s greatest festivals and expressions of freedom and joy are making a big collective comeback in 2023.

Tamil Nadu woman disguised herself as man for 3 decades to raise daughter

After losing her husband, Pechiyammal was left alone to bring her daughter up. She said taking a man's guise helped her feel safer.

Storyboard18 | 2022 - Definitely, Maybe: New marketing mantra – identity, experience, measurement

Predictions are a risky business. But we’re bravely venturing again to list the many ways things will change in the future. In these articles, we have industry leaders and experts trying to future-gaze and capture the transformative and disruptive ideas and trends that will ‘change everything as we know it’. (Or not.) In 2022, definitely, maybe.

Sarita Kumari Sodha on her royal Rajput heritage, Indo-Pak history, and peace

Philanthropist and peacebuilder Sarita Kumari Sodha's work and identity are an emblem of India and Pakistan's cultural bonds and shared history.

What I am is what I am

As we confront our own existential angst, whatever spills out as understandings, as a listening, as practical help to others, to anyone, that is what our humaneness is made up of.

Employment | A look at what drives demand for local job quotas

Apart from prejudice, economic concerns drive demand for quotas for locals, an analysis of survey data shows

Visiting Cards made simple

A prospective client makes his first impression based on the visiting card that is handed out to him. In a nutshell, a visiting card is the first effective marketing tool that an entrepreneur has in his hands.