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Tipping the balance
What's a decent tip for a waiter? The norm varies from one culture to another, some even considering it a taboo. It would be more hassle-free if we did away with the whole business and substituted it with a standard service charge, recommends ANAND S ANKAR

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Ghatam maestro Vikku Vinayakram and percussion ace Taufiq Qureshi discuss the dominant rhythms in their lives

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Portraits that came alive
Thomas Gainsborough preserved on canvas high society in the 18th Century

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A case for Murder
Anil Kapoor is back after a break with My Wife's Murder. The actor explains how it all came about

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Separation pangs
Simon Reeves, the presenter of Holidays In The Danger Zone on the BBC, shares his experience in six countries that don't exist officially on the map

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Who does it better?
Today's women who balance domestic and professional lives with self-assurance have changed age-old patriarchal notions

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The talking walkman
A quarter century after it transformed the way we listened to music, Sony has erased the walkman's separate identity by merging it with a mobile phone

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