Driven by kindness
Driven by kindness
Chennai autorickshaw drivers, generally a reviled lot, showed during the recent rains that they could be ...
Mythili Rajkumar
Mythili Rajkumar
mythili.rajkumar@thehindu.co.in
From literature to business, it’s been a culture shift but I am enjoying every minute of it. I survive on my sense of humour. Love Wodehouse, westerns, crime thrillers, and a good laugh with family and friends.
Walk into my parlour...
Walk into my parlour...
It’s one of those places where you go all primed to spend just what you intend to, exactly the way you want ...
Happy Birthday, Madras
Happy Birthday, Madras
Madrasa suthi pakka poren...marinavil veedu katta poren.. If you are struggling to read these Tamil words in ...
Gripe corner
Gripe corner
The other night, with an early morning train to catch the next day, I dashed into a leading retail store in T ...
Bond with the best
Bond with the best
Right at the end of GN Chetty road in Chennai, just before it meets up with Mount Road, if you were to look up ...
Sweet summer sweat
Sweet summer sweat
Mythili Rajkumar recalls a time when Chennai summers meant much more than power cuts and water shortages.
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Travel pass: Pros may outweigh cons
IATA’s mobile application will allow travellers to store and manage certifications for Covid-19 tests or ...
A prescription that falls short of a cure
A 2010 Act to regulate the medical sector flounders in implementation, even as healthcare remains ...
A timeline for incentive
The scheme to boost local medtech manufacturing is timely, especially given the raging pandemic. But ...
Eyes wide shut
Do pilots sleep on their job?
Pandemic concerns this time won’t extend beyond 2-3 months: A Balasubramanian of Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC
Fiscal stimulus, friendly monetary policy and firm commodity prices point towards normalcy, says the MD and ...
Why the stock of Hero MotoCorp is a good ‘Buy’
Price correction is a good opportunity for long-term investors to take the plunge
Index Outlook: Key hurdles can limit the rally
Q4 earnings, along with progress in controlling Covid-19 spread, will be in focus
Should you opt for family floater plan to lower premium?
Do keep in mind that premium may go up in case one of the members has a pre-existing condition
Caution: Women at work
In an age of falling female workforce participation, worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic, policy makers and ...
A lack of trust
Of an injured baby goat, young men on motorcycles and political tensions
A quiz to spin around
It’s the birthday of Muttiah Muralitharan — the man who took a staggering 800 test wickets. What better way to ...
The death of the author
An ode to writer and great-uncle Ved Mehta, and Ekarat, the friend who wrote and quit on his own terms
The shape and size of brands to come
Monotype’s 2021 type trends report points to a return to hand and the familiar
A sonic shift in branding in the age of apps
As ‘ear-points’ between a company and a customer grow, we are witnessing a rise in audio assets
“We are creating a true people platform”
‘Desi Twitter challenger’ Koo on connecting like-minded folks
Oats floats
Coca-Cola has just introduced an oat milk line in the US under its Simply brand. Smart move, say industry ...
Is GST about ease of doing business?
Three years after its inception, compliance with GST procedures remains a headache for exporters, job workers ...
Channapatna sees a revival
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives of companies are altering the prospects for wooden toys of ...
Clustering around Koppal
Aequs Aerospace to create space for large-scale manufacture of toys at Koppal
Say cheese, says the organised dairy sector
And it has every reason to smile. Covid-19 has triggered a consumer shift towards branded products as ...