Milk booths by Amul and Mother Dairy, a Kumbh phone by Reliance Jio, Dabur's toothpaste dispensers are among the many initiatives by brands steadying for a stint on haloed ground.
'May it be the guardian which calls for breaking down narrow walls of the mind.' 'May it continue to invite everyone to celebrate the possibilities of humanity's one-ness.' Claude Arpi salutes 50 years of Auroville, a Grand Experiment in Living.
Hitting out at Bharatiya Janata Party-led government, the Congress leader underlined that the Indian economy had grown at a rapid pace during the United Progressive Alliance regime.
Irrfan, Deepak Dobriyal, Radhika Madan, Ranvir Shorey, Pankaj Tripathi are all lovely, but make little sense in Angrezi Medium's muddled context, complains Sukanya Verma.
Reader Swapnika found the Telugu star very down-to-earth.
In Virender Kapoor's latest book A Wonderful Wife twelve men write about the difference their wives have made in their respective lives.
'That would be ridiculous and uncharacteristic of the PM.' 'It is also not how things happen in illiberal States.' 'In such places, lower-level functionaries of every rank and hue seek to ingratiate themselves with the highest authority by going pell-mell after dissenters and outsiders,' points out Mihir S Sharma.
'I am grateful to God that I am alive and he has made me differently-abled for a greater cause,' says Wing Commander Shantanu.
Want to eat healthy, but don't know how to do it right? Trailblazing chef Kelvin Cheung will teach you a thing or two about healthy eating.
After four years in the making, a band of 20 film-makers were left with 400 hours of footage for what is now India's first blue chip natural history film.
The new book has been co-authored by Arun Tiwari.
The PM has accepted the Indian skipper's challenge.
'I believe love is life and passion.' All that, and much more!
'I broke into Hindi cinema with Tere Mere Sapne and the song Aankh Mare become a big hit.' 'And now that song has become a rage again in Simmba.'
Warning that global warming and terrorism have become the world's biggest concerns, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said shedding the "holier-than-thou" attitude is the key to overcoming these issues and resolving conflicts.
'...that has plants and flowers of all colours and hues in it.' 'Do you think a garden with just one plant or one type of flower will be appealing?' 'No. It will look drab, uninteresting and lustreless because a garden would be captivating only if it had many flowers of different colours.'
Lion roars because of a magical child, writes Raja Sen.
In view of the threat perception to Kanhaiya, strict security arrangements have been made in Bihat and around his home during his stay.
Tori Johnson, the 34-year-old manager of Lindt Chocolate Cafe who was one of two persons killed during the Sydney siege, is being remembered as a hero with some reports claiming that he tried to snatch the weapon from the gunman to allow the other hostages to escape.
In her weekly column, mental health guru Anu Krishna offers advice on how to take charge of your life.
'Absolute non-violence is not only sinful, but immoral.' 'This doctrine of non-violence benumbed the revolutionary fervor, softened the limbs and hearts of the Hindus, and stiffened the bones of enemies.' A revealing excerpt from Vikram Sampath's Savarkar (Part 2): A Contested Legacy, 1924-1966.
'Yes, seriously. This was the time she was going through a bad phase; her personal life was a mess after her alleged affair with Amitabh Bachchan ended and her career was going nowhere.'
Vanita Kariappa's NGO Rangmanch uses performing arts as a method of building skills and values in children from low-income communities in the six to 16 year age group. This is her story.
A daughter's ode to her mother.
'Our network somehow saves 3,000 lives every year, but there's so much more to do, as every death due to shortage of blood is easily avoidable.'
Mahipal, who has worked with actresses like Madhubala and Meena Kumari, established himself as a hero in the mythological genre.
As we near the end of another eventful year, 15 top moments from the world of arts and culture.
'Happiness is a small word to describe my feelings at the moment.' The Pawars, exuberant after Sunny's success, meet the Thackerays.
When the deadly earthquake battered Nepal last week, major temples in Kathmandu' Darbar Square were razed to the ground, but the home of a nine-year-old girl worshipped as a living goddess remained almost unscathed.
Sherin, reported missing on October 7, was found dead in the culvert under a road about 1 kilometre from her home in suburban Dallas on October 22.
Hope Aur Hum never strays into complicated territory and sticks to its gentle celebration of everyday highs and lows, says Sukanya Verma.
The biggest thing that his party's government has done is to give the country a prime minister who speaks, says Amit Shah.
'The lessons learnt from the triple disaster have put Japan's energy future On the right path,' notes Dr Rajaram Panda.
Have a look at these photos taken from the incredible world we live in. These are the winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition 2020.
Sukanya Verma lists the movies she grabbed at MAMI this year.
Dolly Jain knows 325 ways of draping the sari, a talent that has taken her to the Limca Book Records.
The festival is billed as the largest gathering of humanity on earth, with 110 million people expected to attend over 49 days. But for the thousands who get lost among the crowds, help is at hand and has been since 1946.
Only a miracle can save this ship from sinking unnoticed, unlamented at the Box Office for the film and its lead actors leave no stone unturned to let it sink at Emerald Bay.
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