Flora Fountain, built in 1864.

Breathing life back into Mumbai’s fountains

6 min read . 19 Jul 2019 Benita Fernando

Restoration architect Vikas Dilawari is giving Mumbai’s 19th century fountains a new lease of life
The architect has won 16 Unesco Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation, and the fountains are among his most recent projects

Virat Kohli after the loss of his team against New Zealand in the World Cup semi-final. (Reuters)

Cult Friction

The peculiar Indian curse of ‘first-class first’

6 min read . 19 Jul 2019 Sandip Roy

In a country of ungracious losers, there are no second chances and responses to failure are disproportionately passionate
Our failures live in closets while our successes bask on Facebook

In the song ‘Chocolate Lime Juice’ from the 1994 film ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!’, Madhuri Dixit’s character suggests that she has outgrown chocolates, ice cream and toffees.

Cheap Thrills

What was your first ‘grown-up’ meal?

4 min read . 19 Jul 2019 Nisha Susan

One of my favourite scenes in fiction is from ‘When The Time Is Right’, a translation of Buddhadev Bose’s novel ‘Tithidore’
It takes place at a Chinese restaurant, when over the course of a meal, the heroine enters a different, more adult world

Bhushan Kumar. (Jayachandran/Mint)

Bhushan Kumar: Top of the pops

7 min read . 19 Jul 2019 Arun Janardhan

The head of music company T-Series talks to Mint about their YouTube record, his instinct for music, and his song selection process
The music baron says that though he may not be recognized on trips to Spain and France, his record label is now a familiar name

Kaziranga (National Park) is home to the world’s largest population of Indian one-horned rhinoceroses,

MOOD: How the Lounge team is feeling this week

2 min read . 19 Jul 2019 Livemint

From the floods in Assam to Bombay high court’s quashing of the clearances for the city’s mega Coastal Road project, Lounge takes on the biggest updates of the week

The Lion King (AP)

Friday Film Wrap: ‘The Lion King’ big release of the week

3 min read . 19 Jul 2019 Lata Jha

'The Lion King' is Disney’s latest effort in its quest to remake many of its animated classics. What is new is this film’s striking CGI animation style
Several releases this week haven’t inspired any reviews yet

Megan Rapinoe speaks at New York City Hall after the ticker-tape parade for the women’s national team. (USA Today Sports)

Cranky Customer

Channel your inner Rapinoe

5 min read . 19 Jul 2019 Priya Ramani

Megan Rapinoe, the US soccer co-captain, led her team to victory in the Fifa Women’s World Cup
To emulate your heroes, you’ll need to be inclusive, speak out and pick your passion

Roger Federer sits court-side after losing to Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final. (AFP)

Game Theory

The generosity of true sportsmen

5 min read . 19 Jul 2019 Rohit D. Brijnath

Roger Federer and the New Zealand captain Kane Williamson’s press conferences after losing the Wimbledon and World Cup finals were lauded for their professionalism
Watching the press conferences was like a class on perspective, sporting loss and humanness

A march in support of the LGBTQ+ community in Mumbai. (Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint)

Missed opportunity

2 min read . 19 Jul 2019 Somak Ghoshal

Recently India abstained from voting at the UN on the extension of the mandate of an independent LGBTQ+ expert
By failing to vote, India has lost a crucial opportunity to signal its commitment as human rights leader in the subcontinent

A view of the Vitthal temple in Pandharpur, Maharashtra. (Alamy)

Medium Rare

The kitchen maid as Bhakti poet

4 min read . 19 Jul 2019 Manu S. Pillai

Janabai was an exceptional Bhakti poet who worked as a kitchen maid all her life
Instead of a radical message, she lived by the principle that everything was divine

England were first-time winners of the cricket World Cup. (Photo: Reuters)

World Cup 2019: Withdrawal symptoms

4 min read . 18 Jul 2019 Vikram Shah

A fan looks back at ‘bits and pieces’ of the recently concluded Cricket World Cup in England
To call it a bowler’s tournament would not be a stretch, and that can only be good for the game

Kazutada Kobayashi, president-CEO of Canon India, took charge in 2012. (Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint)

India has become a ‘home’ from a ‘house’

3 min read . 18 Jul 2019 Mukta Lad

Kobayashi’s love for the Indian way of life trickles down to his family as well
Working at Canon for 39 years in various capacities have exposed Kobayashi to various cultures and geographies, with each helping him grow personally and professionally

(Photo: iStock)

When pregnant women don’t face bias at work

6 min read . 18 Jul 2019 Rashmi Menon

Despite companies trying to create a gender-neutral image, pregnancy discrimination while hiring is still very real
Here’s what happens when firms embrace expectant mothers

(Photo: iStock)

Elevate Your Travel

Travelling abroad? Here is how to stay away from the foreign exchange counter

4 min read . 18 Jul 2019 Ajay Awtaney

Some banks’ multi-currency cards allow you to lock in the price of the forex at the time of buying

It's hard to feel the love for 'The Lion King'

2 min read . 18 Jul 2019 Udita Jhunjhunwala

This is a photorealistic remake of the 1994 animated Disney film
Director Jon Favreau can’t capture the excitement of his 2016 ‘Jungle Book’ remake

Mercedes-Benz India head Martin Schwenk moved to Pune from France last year.

‘I find Indians to be very friendly and competent’

4 min read . 17 Jul 2019 Mukta Lad

The 53-year-old German managing director and chief executive of Mercedes-Benz India, who calls France home, is a true-blue expat, what with his job taking him to Germany, the US, Austria and South Africa

Making gigs work: The many ways to engage and retain independent professionals

3 min read . 15 Jul 2019 Ruchira Chaudhary

People want three things from their work—meaning, belonging and feeling valued

What to say when pitching business ideas to investors

2 min read . 15 Jul 2019 Sasha Bhatnagar

A new idea might not turn out to be the next Uber but if it is something you believe will work
During the process of explaining one’s idea to investors, the authors urge innovators to use relevant analogies and comparisons

Mamta Kumari at the Gurugram office of her startup PrepBytes, which she founded in June last year. Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Spot, learn, fill—the journey of starting up

5 min read . 15 Jul 2019 Sohini Sen

Startup founders not only learn about the gaps in the market by working in an industry before, but can also find future mentors in their employers

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Finding HiPo: How to build talent internally

4 min read . 14 Jul 2019 Shrenik Avlani

Both startups and corporates are reskilling high potential employees to create future leaders
High potential employees are 91% more valuable to an organization than other workers, shows research

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