Suneera Tandon

Inside a bright green and yellow outlet of Chaayos in Delhi’s Connaught Place neighbourhood, Swati Singh is taking some respite from the heat. But the Delhi University student isn’t sipping the usual cold coffee or lime soda; instead, she’s savouring a cup of saunf (fennel seed) chai, one of the many varieties offered by a chain that has made India’s unofficial national beverage its flagship product.

For Ankur Jain, the founder of Bira 91, getting into the craft beer business was a little like going on a first date. “you don’t know if you will find love or not.”

India’s recent move to ban cattle slaughter could be bad news for the country’s massive leather exports business.

It’s true. Bangkok’s iconic Indian restaurant Gaggan, ranked Asia’s best for three straight years, is shutting up shop.

India’s startups are breaking through many barriers.

One of India’s largest retailers is back to betting on the store.

The big fat Indian wedding is setting the bar.

In a country where talking about sex remains a taboo, and the act of buying contraception is often shrouded in secrecy, flavoured condoms are having a moment.

Smelling and feeling fresh has never been this easy.

At Friendicoes, an animal rescue shelter in New Delhi, Labradors are now a common sight.

A 120-year-old Indian conglomerate is turning the tide.

There is no stopping Ramdev and his empire of soap, noodles, and toothpaste.

For all the excitement over India’s booming consumer economy, the country’s shoppers are still frugal in buying clothes.

Internet-savvy Indians are hooked to Google, Facebook, and Amazon, a report released by media management company GroupM says. An average Indian with internet access spends over 200 minutes monthly on search engine Google, the report says.

India’s ubiquitous mom-and-pop stores are turning out to be a key ally for its fledgeling e-commerce sector.

Ayurvedic brand Patanjali’s soaring success has also brought with it a number of controversies.

For generations, companies have been selling fair skin to young Indian women, promising better marriage and employment prospects. However, over the last few years, men have became a favoured target audience. This followed the realisation that the Indian alpha male, denied a choice in male-specific grooming products, had been using women’s fairness creams all along.

This summer, brewers in India are stepping up their game to lure tipplers away from rum and whisky.

As the mercury rises in India, the hottest question of the season is, how do you make ice cream?

Selling sodas in India isn’t easy, and Coca-Cola learned that the hard way.

The weather isn’t the only thing that is great about Bengaluru.

Gurugram, Haryana & Thane, Maharashtra

“Mother works away all day…Through the week and all Sunday…She always has something to do…She always has some task in view…She bears the burden all alone…” — Mother by Kamla Bhasin.

Indian startup founders are back with the “foreign vs Indian” argument.