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Sri Lanka’s tea farmers can’t afford fertiliser, can’t get paid enough, can’t make govt listen

Revenue loss from export crops like tea played a big part in Sri Lanka's rapid economic decline. For descendants of Tamil-bonded labourers, life is more difficult now.

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.

On Camera

SRK is more Johnny Depp than Depp

SRK's impromptu party looked refreshingly ‘normal’ and as cool as the Birthday Boy himself. King of Kool could be another tag for the man who once declared himself 'the last of the stars'.

Nvidia worth $5 trillion: What does it mean for the market?

The chipmaker at the heart of the AI revolution may be the most influential stock in Wall Street history. Nvidia has been the primary driver of the market’s gains since the start of 2023.

Launch of India’s heaviest comms satellite is a level up for its soaring military ambitions. Here’s how

ISRO’s LMV3 rocket set off the CMS-03 satellite from Sriharikota Sunday. It weighs 4,410 kg, will primarily serve Indian Navy and has a life of at least 15 years.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.