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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Sabyasachi Returns to New York: When Bengal Met Byzantine and Broadway For an Indian designer returning to New York Fashion Week after almost two decades, Sabyasachi Mukherjee could have chosen the obvious route. More couture. More bridal grandeur. More embroidery.…
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…
Apple Pay Is Coming to India — But Can Apple Find Space in a UPI Nation? Apple’s reported India launch puts its iconic wallet into one of the world’s most mature digital-payment markets, where scanning a QR code has become…
Pocket FM’s AI Gamble Is Turning Indian Storytelling Into a Global Factory With AI powering 93% of its catalogue and 99% of new production, the Indian audio platform is showing how artificial intelligence can change not just the cost of…