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The last time we spoke of the Top 100 Quirky Start-ups in India. Now is the time to show love to the Top 100 Concept Retail Stores in India. These are the stores that have given the plethora of Indian designers and entrepreneurs a much needed platform...

Second part of our series of posts on Bruno Taut, after “Bruno Taut: The Earth is a Good Dwelling (1919)“ This is a translated version of part of Taut’s “Die Städtkrone” (originally appeared in 1. Aufl. – Jena...

OCTOBER 12 In History 539 BCE : The Persian armies of Cyrus the Great captured Babylon .  Within the year, Cyrus would make it possible for the Jews to return to their homeland. 1285: The Jews of Munich ( Germany ) were caught in a claim of blood...

It was January 1975, and the Watergate Babies had arrived in Washington looking for blood. The Watergate Babies—as the recently elected Democratic congressmen were known—were young, idealistic liberals who had been swept into office on a promise to clean...

Today’s collection of headlines from the worlds of politics, economics, and the environment — plus the latest episode of Fukushimapocalypse Now! Beguns with a frightener from The Observer: Why global recovery could depend on China&rsquo...