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Stop, sob, scroll: A look at the viral formula of 'crying videos'

India, May 31 -- Tears have never been so profitable. Influencers on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X are making millions on the strength of videos in which they cry about. how much they love their m... Read More


Designer Vino Supraja is winning awards for an unusual fashion formula

India, May 30 -- "Every step in my career has been unplanned," laughs fashion designer Vino Supraja, 45, "but it has prepared me for exactly where I am today." Her journey is testament to the power o... Read More


King Louis IX to the birth of couture: The history of fashion forecasting

India, May 18 -- I n 1999, the American toy company Mattel released a Trend Forecaster Barbie, as a limited-edition collectors' item. She was dressed in a faux-leather swing coat, matching mini-skirt,... Read More


Why the cart is always full

India, May 18 -- F ashion trend forecasting is difficult enough when the customer is eager to toe the line. Conformity, for centuries, was the industry's ally. By the 1960s, this was all changing. The... Read More


Why the cart is always full: The rise of the microtrend in fashion

India, May 16 -- Fashion trend forecasting is difficult enough when the customer is eager to toe the line. Conformity, for centuries, was the industry's ally. By the 1960s, this was all changing. Th... Read More


From King Louis IX to the birth of couture: The surprising history of fashion forecasting

India, May 16 -- In 1999, the American toy company Mattel released a Trend Forecaster Barbie, as a limited-edition collectors' item. She was dressed in a faux-leather swing coat, matching mini-skirt,... Read More


The three Indias: Making sense of the great economic divide

India, May 3 -- What does ultra-high net worth mean? How many are they and how do they live? What of India's poorest? Who are we, as a country, once the slim upper crust has been peeled away? Split t... Read More


Where is the love?

India, April 27 -- Divorce rates appear to be rising, in the wild. The factors may sound familiar: house-hunting disputes, long-distance-relationship hurdles, rising stress levels, and the good old "... Read More


Where is the love? See why couples are unexpectedly breaking up, in the world of birds

India, April 26 -- Divorce rates appear to be rising, in the wild. The factors may sound familiar: house-hunting disputes, long-distance-relationship hurdles, rising stress levels, and the good old "... Read More


Leaps of fate: See how people of the past attempted to predict the future

India, April 18 -- Risk analysts, it would appear, have always been around. They've just gone by different names: oracles, divination experts, shamans. An exhibition currently underway at Oxford Univ... Read More