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Once a marshland, how Bandra Kurla Complex became Mumbai’s prime business & hangout hub

Now housing many multinational service firms, high-end restaurants and residential areas as well as foreign consulates, BKC’s development has been particularly rapid in the past decade.

Al-Zawahiri invoking culture war in South Asia. Al-Qaeda sees opportunity in Hijab row

For millions, in India and Pakistan, state is a god that’s failed. Al-Qaeda isn’t the only violent movement to have flowered in this toxic political landscape.

Drink, gamble, plan the exit: How Sri Lankan elites in Colombo are handling economic crisis

Colombo's elite still have live events, performances, and nightclub parties to go to. Thanks to booming luxury establishments, life's as normal as it gets.

‘We have nothing to give our children’ — Sri Lankans now just waiting for things to get better

Sri Lanka's economic crisis has hit low-income and daily wagers the harshest. But middle class families in cities like Colombo and Kandy are also joining the streets now.

Why Indians have to resign to the fact that food prices will stay high this year

For India, food will be dearer in 2022. The tradeoff between high growth and high inflation is tricky, and RBI has the unenviable task of balancing it.

BJP gets its party hat on: Uttarakhand-style saffron topis, made in Gujarat, to be new ‘uniform’

All MPs were asked to wear new cap, custom-designed with BJP’s name, colour & lotus symbol, at its Foundation Day event Wednesday. Plan is to make it standard for party functions.

Hijab, halal, Navratri – The message is for Hindus, not Muslims, in Modi’s India

Slowly but surely, the narrative is moving away from Hindu victimhood to Hindu Triumphalism.

Why is a dragon carved on Jain temple in Mangalore? Medieval Africa-China trade holds answer

While many of us have heard of Indian interactions with Southeast Asia and China, or even Arabia, Africa is a gaping hole in how we think about premodern trade. But it was one of the most prosperous.

Award bogus degrees, mint money: Inside story of Gwalior’s ‘nursing colleges’ in shut buildings

School teacher Prashant Parmar was raided last month for making millions from one such college. But ThePrint’s investigation finds he’s just one of many owners doing the same.

BJP’s counterfeit rashtravad vs AAP’s copycat deshbhakti — India needs to be saved from both

The nationalism promoted by BJP-RSS, and mimicked by AAP, is the opposite of Indian nationalism. This version has no interest in healing wounds that affect national unity.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?