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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicBaniya Basics

Topic: Baniya Basics

Baniya-branded food is finally on the table. Being Bania, Baniya Kitchen, Baneeya Sa

Baniya cuisine is venturing out of home kitchens to Zomato, Swiggy, Amazon, Blinkit. It’s part hustle, part love — ‘people don’t know enough about it’.

World Baniya Forum wants to mentor the next Adani, Ambani. Post-1991 India is about hustle

While the founders of all the top businesses — from Ambani to Adani — are Baniya, it’s not enough anymore. Now, even the MSMEs within the community want to run the world and outpace the non-Baniya business players.

The Aggarwal crisis in India. They have everything but no one good to marry

Aggarwals have built empires in business, but the marriage market is harder to crack. Huge matchmaking sammelans with biodata booklets and stage intros are their answer to delayed weddings.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.