The island of Rameswaram off southern Tamil Nadu holds cultural significance for worshippers of Rama. It is from here, the faithful believe, that Rama and his army of monkeys built a bridge to Sri Lanka to march across to vanquish the demon king Ravana and retrieve the abducted Sita. Agnostics ... Read More »
Francis Tseng’s simulator game invites you to “grow your startup and please those investors until there’s nothing left to give” by building biotech, defense, machine learning, cloud computing, drone and space companies with a crew of employees whose low wages can be mitigated with bulletproof coffee and whose products can ... Read More »
Google has launched a new space for YouTubers at its UK headquarters in London’s King’s Cross. Space London, which opened on Tuesday, includes three soundproof studios, editing suites and a store for YouTubers to sell their merchandise. It also has a community area with a barista bar. The 20,000 square ... Read More »
Rose Marcario, CEO of outdoor clothing company Patagonia, believes providing employees with high quality on-site child care isn’t just is good for families – it’s good for the bottom line. “It’s true, there are financial costs to offering onsite child care, and they can be expensive if you offer high-quality ... Read More »
The funny men of AIB are back, and how! The group has released a video on the occasion on India’s 70th Independence Day and it’s called — The Day India Resigned. The satire video, wonderfully and hilariously highlights how Indians were made to feel secondary in their own country by ... Read More »
“Patera was born of my fascination with the Fibonacci sequence. You can find the spiral pattern wherever you look in nature – in the seed formation in sunflowers and pine cones, for example – and it has previously inspired Leonardo da Vinci, Johan Sebastian Bach and many other great artists ... Read More »
Soon, there may be innovative health insurance covers in the market — say, a policy that covers diabetic patients or one which covers obesity — thanks to IRDAI. In July, the regulator introduced new regulations for health insurance policies replacing the Health Insurance Regulations, 2013. The new regulations allow launch ... Read More »
The Rebellion is on the offensive against the Empire in the new story trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The clip released Thursday during NBC’s coverage of the Summer Olympics, features main protagonist Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) as she accepts a dangerous mission to steal the plans to ... Read More »
– Sony Pictures Classics says it will release the star-studded Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer in North America, Benelux, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and most of Asia. Written and directed by Joseph Cedar, the film features Richard Gere, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Josh Charles, Michael Sheen, ... Read More »
Imagine a play in four acts: the first one describes a revolution underway in the business world; in the second act religion leaves the public square, paving the way for the ascent of money; the third showcases social movements, long ignored or forgotten; the fourth sounds like a dream, awaiting ... Read More »
Over more than three centuries, the Duke of Westminster’s family holdings have survived some of the most severe stress tests imaginable: multiple wars, a score of wrenching recessions and a couple of dozen market collapses. Yet as countless far smaller and less wealthy dynasties can attest, no conflict, depression or ... Read More »
On the edge of a bucolic field in Princeton, N.J., an eco-friendly office building recently opened its doors. Plants festoon the roof, a living wall is planned for the lobby, and rainwater storage tanks supply the building’s needs. In the parking lot there are wind turbines, solar panels and electric ... Read More »
