In India, the formula for success is drilled into children from a very young age: get good grades, go to an elite Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), move to America, and never come back.
Monginis cake shops are an institution in Mumbai.
The Narendra Modi government is quietly expanding the role of Hindi in politics and governance, ostensibly to end the dominance of the English language.
Snapdeal just can’t catch a break.
After the loss of Lahore to the newly-created Pakistan, India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, envisioned the new capital of post-Independence Punjab as a city that would mark the beginning of a new era for the country.
As outlets of Starbucks and trendy artisanal cafes mushroom across urban India, a relic of the past still hosts loyalists and gives visitors a different experience.
In the years leading up to India’s independence from British rule, artists were trying to capture the country’s complex and myriad identities, often combining western techniques with local motifs and colours to create a modern form of Indian art.
This is a developing story.
A country known for its delicious parathas, ghee-laden curries, and sugary snacks is fast making healthy living a priority.
For years, night shifts at work have been the norm in India’s Silicon Valley, thanks to the different time zones that the techies here must traverse to liaise with clients and colleagues in the West. A good section of these IT employees in Bengaluru are women.
India recently cleared a legislation to more than double the provision for maternity leave to 26 weeks, a move that was widely hailed as a big step forward for working women. However, contrary to popular perception, it may only prove right those who believed that it would deter companies from hiring female employees in the first place.
Summer is the season of the NRI in India. This is the time that non-resident Indians (NRIs), a haloed but much ridiculed lot, flock back home from various perches in the west and elsewhere for vacation.
If you are a Bengaluru resident and have been feeling the pinch of inflation, we have a surprise: India’s Silicon Valley is actually relatively cheap to live in.
India has a deep historical connection to the world of fine fragrances.
At a time when women-friendly workplace policies are picking up steam in India, a sexual harassment scandal at a top entertainment startup is showing that there’s still a long way to go for real gender equality at the office.
Kangana Ranaut is taking Bollywood’s entrenched patriarchy and male chauvinism head on.
With e-commerce websites offering everything from hair clips to wedding wear, along with easy delivery, local stores upgrading their designs, and foreign retailers such as H&M and Muji setting up shop in big cities, the urban Indian customer is spoilt for choice.
For all of prime minister Narendra Modi’s promises to tackle India’s deep-rooted corruption, citizens are still forced to pay bribes for even basic needs.
India may be a nation of tea-drinkers, but coffee lovers are catching up.
As Bangalore evolved into India’s Silicon Valley, the architecture of its colonial-era cantonment past has receded further into the background, replaced by the concrete and glass of endless shopfronts, offices, and apartment buildings. And nowhere is this more apparent than in the city’s busy commercial centre, the Mahatma Gandhi (MG) road, where its first ever bookshop, dating back to 1905, now faces a cavernous metro station, with trains rumbling in the sky above and traffic building down below.
For early-risers in many Indian cities, the sounds of temple chants, calls to prayer from the nearby mosque, and the tolling of church bells often mingle together in the morning. And though they’re soon drowned out by the cacophonous soundtrack of the city as it wakes, for a few brief moments, they merge into a remarkable auditory testament to India’s long history of religious coexistence.
It’s always lonely at the top for women, even in the art world.
In a country where the incidence of heart disease and diabetes is on the rise, and deadly pollution levels endanger the lives of millions, there’s one quiet health concern that doesn’t get much public attention: fatigue.
Araku Valley coffee has come a long way from its humble roots.
