(January 9, 2025) When Karsanbhai Patel, an unknown chemist from a small town in Gujarat began making soap in his backyard, selling it door to door on his bicycle on his way to work, Hindustan Unilever, then the reigning Indian giant, only scoffed at him. This soap...
(August 13, 2022) The practice of urban planning in India dates back thousands of years. From the sophisticated city layouts of the Indus Valley Civilisation to the planned cities of the Mughal and British eras, India has a rich architectural and urban design...
(September 23, 2021) “If you don’t know your history, you are destined to repeat it.” To revere history and make sense of it is this archival missionary’s attempt to make humans learn from the past. He has taken on the gargantuan task of documenting migration and...
(September 14, 2021) A good loaf of bread is incredibly satisfying: soft, yet crusty, full of character and versatile enough to either be made into a sandwich, bruschetta, pudding, or just wolfed down with a drizzle of olive oil and balsamic vinegar. It doesn’t need...
(August 20, 2021) Back in 2010 when Deepinder Goyal was looking to set up Zomato there was one man who believed in him and his vision. That man was Info Edge’s Sanjeev Bikhchandani who wrote Zomato’s first cheque for ₹4.7 crore; he was the company’s sole...
