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Kishore Biyani did not invent retail in India, and he did not need to. What he did was something harder: he took organised, large-format retail and made it work for the Indian mas…

We often hear that Gen Z is disengaged, apathetic, and checked out of politics. The data from the streets tells a very different story. Following Bangladesh's 2024 movement, wi…

Technology has done something extraordinary over the last two decades. It has democratised capability. Today, an ordinary person carries more computing power in their pocket…

Before we get to the man, pause at the name. "Thangamaligai" in Tamil translates to "palace of gold". Not a shop. Not a showroom. A palace. That is the aspiration baked into th…

Walk into Koshy's on St Mark's Road, and you step into a different era. Not by accident, but by design, or perhaps by defiance. The Beginning: A Banker Becomes a Baker P.O. …

Tucked away in Gandhi Bazaar, Basavanagudi, stands a small eatery that has managed to do something extraordinary: remain exactly as it was while the world changed around it. Vidya…

A traditional Sadya, the grand Kerala feast served on a banana leaf, is not just a meal. It is an experience carefully arranged with order, balance, and etiquette. Interestingl…

Vodka rarely gets the poetic admiration of whisky or the ritual of tequila. It is simple, clear, and often underestimated. Yet, that simplicity hides an interesting lesson. In …

Whisky and corporate life may seem like unlikely companions. One lives in oak barrels and crystal glasses; the other in boardrooms and spreadsheets. Yet, the deeper you look, t…

At first glance, tequila and corporate life seem to belong to two entirely different worlds. One lives behind the bar counter, the other inside glass-walled boardrooms. Yet, if yo…

Over the past decade, retailers and service providers have invested heavily in automation. From personalised offers to one-click checkouts, bots and algorithms have made shopping …

The story of Blue Star began in 1943, when Mohan T. Advani established the company with just two employees and an initial capital of ₹2,000. India was still under colonial rule, a…

Bharti Airtel, commonly known as Airtel, was founded by Sunil Bharti Mittal in 1995. The story began earlier, in 1984, when Sunil Mittal started assembling push-button phones in I…

At a time when independent booksellers are vanishing worldwide, the legacy of A.H. Wheeler & Co. stands out. Founded in 1877 at Allahabad (now Prayagraj) railway station, this…