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Thermostat Setting: India's Cool Move

'Are there other ways to reduce the energy airconditioners consume?' asks Ambi Parameswaran. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff 'For the first time, India will mandate setting airconditioner......

History In Minutes Panshet Dam Burst: Remembering 1,000 Deaths In Pune

64 years after the Panshet Dam burst claimed 1,000 lives, the tragedy stands as both a haunting memory and a vital lesson in engineering caution. IMAGE: The Panshet dam as it stood in 2013.......

The Peeli-Peelis of Kolkata

As Kolkata marches towards modernity, it is hard to imagine its streets without these cabs, notes Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd). IMAGE: Kolkata's famous Ambassador taxis. Photograph: Debadyuti......

The UFO At Rashtrapati Bhavan!

One would have expected Rashtrapati Bhavan and not the Delhi police to settle the Unidentified Feline Object issue. In its absence, the four legged-visitor spanned in imagined identity, anything......

Op Silent Viper: How a rapist was caught after 22 years

'When a criminal assumes a new identity he think everybody knows them by that name only.''Criminals forget that the police are always hunting for them to put them in jail.' IMAGE: Dr Sudhanshu......

Can Kirana Stores Beat The Q-Com Threat?

Indian kiranas are agile enough to face the q-com challenge, but it's going to be a tough fight, notes marketing guru Ambi Parameswaran. IMAGE: A view of a kirana store in New Delhi. Photograph:......

For sale! Rs 15 cr villas at Amby Valley

If there's one thing erstwhile gymnast Nadia Comaneci, filmstar Aishwarya Rai and cricketer Sourav Ganguly have in common, it's that they're all brand ambassadors for Amby Valley, the developing......

Ambassador's journey: From 'wheels of India' to 'world's best taxi'

Rows of Ambassador cars are seen at the Hindustan Motors plant in Hindmotors. Photograph: Jayanta Shaw/Reuters Till the mid-nineties, Hindustan Motors’ Ambassador dominated the Indian roads......

The Ambassador gears up for rejuvenation

INCEPTION Ambassador, the oldest face of India's automobile industry was born in 1948 at Hindustan Motor's (HM) Uttarpara plant in Hooghly district of West Bengal. Ever since, the Ambassador,......

COVID fallout: Markets crowded, but malls empty

What can malls do to entice customers? Brand coach Ambi Parameswaran has a few suggestions. IMAGE: An employee applies a social distancing sticker inside a shop in a mall after it reopened......

Why South Cinema Scores Big Over Bollywood

South Indian filmmakers have kept their focus on the single-screen cinemagoer.They have kept their finger on the pulse of the single-screen cinema fan, who goes to movies once a month or more, to......

Ambi: Audithya can't save it

Ambi is a different film, its director Nagendra Prasad often claimed.How different is it? Well, the film is about ahardened criminalturning over a new leaf! Audithya, the hero, played an innocent......

Review: Meghave Meghave

Director Nagendra Prasad is one of the most popular lyrics writers in Kannada film industry.He started off very well as a director with his first venture Nalla, which got very good reviews. His......

Ali Fazal gets ready for Fast & Furious 7

Khamoshiyan actor Ali Fazal is going international. He will be soon seen in the seven installment of Fast & Furious, that is set foran April 3 release worldwide. Ali will share the......

Shikhar's music is insipid

I loved Sarfarosh. I am not the only one. Both the masses and the critics applauded director John M Matthan's hardhitting debut featuring Aamir Khan.Though, essentially, a story-centric project,......

Vijay Kumar wins Amby Valley golf

Veteran Vijay Kumar held himself together at crucial stages, even as his younger rivals faltered on the final day, to win the Rs 45-lakh Amby Valley PGA Championship of India, promoted by the PGA......

Ranji Trophy: Bengal in command over Uttarakhand; Avesh takes 5

A summary of all the action from Ranji Trophy matches played on Wednesday. IMAGE: Madhya Pradesh and India pacer Avesh Khan picked 5 wickets against Vidarbha on Wednesday. Photograph: Windies......

Ranji: Uttarakhand top group after draw with Bengal

A round-up of Ranji Trophy matches played on Friday. IMAGE: Uttar Pradesh's Priyam Garg top-scored with 64 in the first innings against Haryana. Photograph: BCCI/Domestic Abhimanyu Easwaran......

Ranji round-up: Dominant Saurashtra thrash Delhi

A summary of Thursday's action in the Ranji Trophy group stage matches. IMAGE: Saurashtra bowled out Delhi for 227 in their second innings to win the Ranji Trophy match by an innings and 214 runs,......

Unadkat makes Ranji history after first-over hat-trick

A summary of Tuesday's action in the Ranji Trophy group stage matches. IMAGE: Saurashtra’s Jaydev Unadkat took wickets off the third, fourth and fifth deliveries against Delhi to achieve the......