India’s Stand-Up Comedy Economy Has Changed Stand-up comedy has evolved from a niche urban performance scene into a multi-platform entertainment business, with comedians now earning audiences through live tours, OTT specials, YouTube, comedy clubs, multiplexes and ticketing platforms across India. There was a time when watching stand-up comedy in India required knowing somebody who knew […]
Spinny’s IPO Move: What India’s Used-Car Market Says About the New Indian Consumer A used car was once something you bought after calling three dealers, asking a mechanic to inspect it, negotiating until somebody looked offended, and then hoping the previous owner had been reasonably honest. India is gradually building a different system. On September […]
Volkswagen Brings Track-Day Culture to Indian Car Owners Volkswagen India is taking its performance-car community away from public roads and onto a proper racetrack, launching VWe Track Day Experiences at CoASTT in Coimbatore. The initiative combines performance driving, professional instruction, vehicle-control exercises and owner community activities. There is something slightly amusing about buying a performance-oriented […]
India’s Mental Health Conversation Is Changing — But Can the Healthcare System Keep Up? India is talking about mental health more openly than it once did. The harder question is whether the country’s healthcare system can expand quickly enough to turn that changing conversation into accessible, affordable and continuous care. For a long time, mental […]
India’s artificial-intelligence story is entering a more consequential phase. The question is no longer simply whether Indian companies can build AI products for the Indian market. The bigger question is whether those products can travel—across languages, industries, regulatory environments and…
Asian Games 2026: India’s First Gold, 11 Medals and the Stories Behind the Tally India has its first gold medal of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026—and it came from a team that has rapidly become one of the most successful…
OTT Releases This Week: The fourth week of September is bringing something increasingly familiar to Indian viewers: there is no shortage of things to watch, only a shortage of time to watch them. From a missing-child mystery featuring Parineeti Chopra to…
India’s Global Acquisition Drive: Why Indian Companies Are Buying Abroad Indian companies are increasingly looking beyond India’s borders—not simply to sell more products, but to secure the assets, capabilities and supply chains that may determine who remains competitive in the…
How India’s Entrepreneurial Talent Built 205 Unicorns Abroad For decades, the Indian diaspora has been measured in familiar numbers: population, remittances, professionals, students and migrants. A new dataset suggests that another number deserves attention. $560 billion. That is the founder-share-attributed…
If Washington and Beijing Make Peace on Trade, What Happens to India’s China+1 Opportunity? For several years, one of the most repeated phrases in global manufacturing has been “China+1.” The idea is simple: companies that have traditionally depended heavily on…