Your Household Budget Knows It There is a particular moment when an inflation number stops being an economic statistic and becomes a household conversation. It usually sounds something like this: India’s official retail inflation rate moved up to 4.82% in August 2026, from 4.45% in July, according to the latest Consumer Price Index release from […]

India has just produced the kind of economic number governments, businesses and economists like to put in bold type. Real GDP grew 7.8% year-on-year in April–June 2026, the first quarter of FY2026–27. Manufacturing grew 9.2%, real fixed investment rose 11.9% and private consumption increased 7.1%. Services also remained a major engine of expansion. And yet […]

IISc: Where India’s Scientific Ambition Becomes Research, Technology and Innovation In Bengaluru, there is a university campus where the trees are old, the laboratories are serious and the homework can occasionally involve problems that do not have answers at the back of the textbook. That institution is the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). Founded in […]

AI Innovation Meets a Governance Test India’s universities are being asked to do two very different things at the same time. They must prepare students for a world being transformed by artificial intelligence, advanced technology and rapidly changing employment patterns. At the same time, institutions — particularly private universities — are facing sharper questions about […]

LPU at 25: From Campus Learning to Careers, Startups and Global Skills A university campus can be many things. A place to attend lectures. A place to collect a degree. A place to discover friends, survive examinations and develop a mysterious ability to survive on hostel food. But the more interesting question for higher education […]

How India’s Celebrations Are Creating New Markets for Local Products India has a remarkable commercial calendar. Before one festival’s decorations have been packed away, another celebration is already approaching. Garba outfits appear. Then Bengali saris. Then diyas. Then bamboo baskets. Then winter handicrafts. Then Christmas décor. For consumers, it is a calendar of celebrations. For […]

Ganpati Visarjan 2026: For ten days, Lord Ganesha becomes part of the neighbourhood. He arrives with music, flowers and prayers. Children visit the pandal. Families prepare modaks. Friends stop by after work. Streets become brighter, noisier and considerably less interested in ordinary traffic rules. And then comes the difficult moment. Visarjan. On Friday, September 25, 2026, […]

India’s Festival Season 2026: Where India Comes Alive India does not simply celebrate festivals. It travels for them. As the final months of 2026 approach, India’s festival calendar is turning into one of the country’s biggest cultural travel seasons. From Navratri and Durga Puja to Diwali and Chhath, from the Pushkar Fair and Rann Utsav […]

Wellness Tourism in India: Why the World Is Looking Beyond the Holiday There was a time when a holiday meant seeing as much as possible. Three cities in four days. Five monuments before lunch. And perhaps a photograph proving that everyone was having a wonderful time. Wellness tourism is quietly challenging that model. The modern […]

Wildlife Tourism in India: Where the Journey Is About More Than Seeing a Tiger There is a particular kind of excitement in sitting quietly in an open jeep at six in the morning, surrounded by forest, waiting for something to move. Sometimes it is a tiger. Sometimes an elephant. Sometimes a rhinoceros walks past as […]

Spiritual India: The Journeys That Take Travellers Beyond Tourism There are holidays in which the biggest question is, “What did we see?” And then there are journeys in which the question quietly changes to, “What did we experience?” India has been answering that question for centuries. From the lamps of Varanasi reflected on the Ganga […]

India Tourism 2026: The Year India Started Travelling Differently The country is not short of famous destinations. What is changing is the way Indians and international visitors are experiencing them. A temple visit is increasingly becoming part of a broader spiritual journey. A heritage city is becoming a food, culture and walking experience. A Himalayan […]