“Not more than others I deserve, Yet God hath given me more; And I have food, while others starve, Or beg from door to door.” ...

In 1906, frightened residents of Koya village in rural West Bengal watched as Jatindranath Mukherjee grappled with a Royal Bengal tiger. Jatindranath (also known as Jyotindranath), had been ...

On a visit to India last week, Hublot’s CEO Julien Tornare noted the country’s surging appetite for luxury. With 191 billionaires, 326,400 millionaires, and a projected 100 million affluent ...

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There have been, in absolute terms, many deadlier famines, but as Amartya Sen, the eminent Indian scholar of the subject, concluded, in “no other famine in the world [was] the proportion of ...

They may not be aware that most of India’s workers are informal and must work extremely long hours, sweating to earn a living (manual workers or household helpers). In 2023-24, the Periodic ...

His latest book is Rot: An Imperial History of the Irish Famine. From 1845 to 1851 ... projects to earn wages to buy the unfamiliar “Indian corn.” Although 1845-46 was the worst subsistence ...

Despite losing four tosses on the bounce in their 2025 Champions Trophy campaign, the Indian team has been unstoppable in their quest to win the trophy for the first time since 2013. With the ...

Elon Musk has secured a major win in India by signing two back-to-back deals to bring SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet services to the country. The country’s top telecoms provider Reliance ...

Indian Motorcycle have confirmed that their flattrack-inspired FTR range will go off sale, with their focus now revolving around the tourer, bagger, and cruiser markets. First launched for 2019 ...