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The trailer for India's most expensive film set off two separate arguments at once — one about rendering, one about who gets to play Sita. They are not the same fight.
5 Aug 2026 — 4 min read
Personal terms are done and the fee gap has narrowed. What's stalling the move is a demand City don't want to hear: let us keep him one more season.
5 Aug 2026 — 4 min read
All 14 crew came out alive. The ship went down in a stretch of water India has more people sailing through than almost any other country.
5 Aug 2026 — 4 min read
The scheme promises 300 free units a month. The detail is in how the subsidy is tiered — and what happens after the panels go up.
4 Aug 2026 — 5 min read
Myntra, Ajio and Blinkit are now delivering clothes in hours. The interesting part is what that does to how much gets sent back.
4 Aug 2026 — 4 min read
One line about airports reopened the sport's longest-running argument — about the calendar, and about who the money goes to.
4 Aug 2026 — 4 min read
A knafeh-stuffed chocolate bar from a home kitchen in Dubai became a global supply-chain event. Here's how.
21 Jul 2026 — 1 min read
A goofy sport with a silly name and a wiffle ball became the fastest-growing game on earth — and India went from zero courts to a national scene in under a decade.
21 Jul 2026 — 1 min read
The chaiwallah takes it. The temple takes it. It moves over 21 billion payments a month and half the planet's real-time transactions. This is the quiet craze that changed everything.
21 Jul 2026 — 1 min read
Groceries in eight minutes started as a gimmick. It's now a $7.6-billion habit reshaping how Indian cities shop — and what "convenience" costs.
21 Jul 2026 — 1 min read
Gold had its best year since 1979, smashing 50-plus record highs. In India — where gold is faith, dowry and savings account in one — the rush went into overdrive.
21 Jul 2026 — 1 min read
A tea country is quietly falling for coffee. From Blue Tokai to a Third Wave outpost in every metro, India's café culture is having its moment — with filter coffee still quietly winning.
21 Jul 2026 — 1 min read
A comedian's joke about spending less became the year's most useful money trend — because it fixed the real problem, which was social, not financial.
21 Jul 2026 — 1 min read
Burned out on swiping, singles are lacing up instead. The run club became the hottest place to meet someone — and, inevitably, a new source of drama.
21 Jul 2026 — 1 min read
The green powder went from tea-ceremony ritual to café default — and demand has now outrun a crop that takes years to grow.
21 Jul 2026 — 1 min read
The influencer economy spent a decade telling you to buy. Now its biggest new trend is people proudly using what they already own.
21 Jul 2026 — 1 min read
An ugly-cute elf with jagged teeth turned a Chinese toymaker into a $5-billion machine — and taught everyone a lesson in manufactured scarcity.
21 Jul 2026 — 1 min read
Millions now text a chatbot that never leaves them on read. It's soothing, it's a real business — and it's already in court.
21 Jul 2026 — 1 min read
The most radical tech flex of the decade is a phone that can't do anything. Gen Z is buying flip phones on purpose.
21 Jul 2026 — 1 min read
Cottage cheese sold out. Every aisle now shouts grams-per-serving. The protein obsession is real, mostly healthy — and occasionally ridiculous.
21 Jul 2026 — 1 min read
