India’s EV Market Crosses 2.45 Million Sales as Electric Mobility Moves Into the Mainstream India’s electric vehicle market crossed 2.45 million retail sales in FY2026, marking a 25% year-on-year increase and showing that electric mobility is moving beyond an early-adopter experiment into a much broader transport market. For years, India’s electric-vehicle story was usually told […]
One Million Cars by Rail: How Maruti Is Changing India’s Auto Logistics When a new car leaves an automobile factory, the most interesting part of its journey may not be the engine, battery or dashboard. It may be what happens underneath it. Railway tracks. Maruti Suzuki has now dispatched one million vehicles through the in-plant […]
Delhi’s tbsp. Tablespoon Arrives in Mumbai With Neapolitan Pizza and Handmade Pasta Mumbai has never suffered from a shortage of restaurants. What it does have is an unusually demanding audience — one that can discuss pizza crusts, pasta sauces and “authenticity” with the seriousness normally reserved for cricket selection committees. Into that crowded food conversation […]
India’s Smaller Electric Scooter Makers Are Having a Very Big Year For years, India’s electric two-wheeler story seemed to belong to a relatively small club. TVS. Bajaj. Ather. Hero. Ola. Then something interesting started happening. The smaller manufacturers began selling enough scooters to make the established players pay attention. By September 2026, India’s electric two-wheeler […]
Little Italy Opens in Lonavala, Bringing Its 35-Year Vegetarian Legacy to a New Destination Lonavala has never needed much convincing as a weekend destination. The hills do most of the marketing. The monsoon does the rest. Now, however, the popular Maharashtra getaway is getting another reason for travellers to stop, eat and perhaps stay a […]
Kutch Beadwork Goes to New York: Kartik Research and MOI Turn Motibharat Into Fashion A jacket button is usually the sort of thing nobody notices. You button the jacket, leave the house and forget about it. But what happens when that button takes hours of handwork, carries a regional craft tradition and connects a contemporary […]
From Banana Waste to Fabric: How India Could Turn Farm Residue Into a New Textile Economy What if the next interesting textile in your wardrobe did not begin in a cotton field? What if it began with something farmers usually regard as a problem to be cleared away? After a banana harvest, the plant’s large […]
450 Hours of Embroidery: The Craftsmanship Behind Isha Ambani’s Zardozi Look A luxury outfit can take a few minutes to admire. It can take several hours to photograph. And sometimes, it can take 450 hours to make. That is the detail behind one of Isha Ambani’s latest fashion appearances — a custom embroidered skirt set […]
Tata’s Boardroom Battle: Why a Governance Dispute Wiped Billions From the Group’s Market Value For decades, the Tata name has been associated with something corporate India values almost as much as profits: institutional trust. On September 18, however, investors delivered a different message. Shares of several Tata Group companies came under pressure after a dramatic […]
Patan Patola to Banarasi: India’s Textile Heritage Gets a Contemporary Fashion Makeover India’s traditional textiles have survived wars, changing fashions, industrialisation and, occasionally, the rather dangerous human habit of deciding that something is “old-fashioned.” Now some of India’s most celebrated weaves are getting a very different treatment. Patan Patola, Bandhani, Banarasi brocade, Kanchipuram silk, Pochampally […]