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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicBusiness Histories

Topic: Business Histories

Bengali Sweet House was one of the first to bring rasgulla to Delhi. SRK, Ambani came too

Founder Bhim Sain invited talented chefs from other cities to recreate their traditional sweets.

United Coffee House, the Central Perk cafe of our times, has a ‘big responsibility’

United Coffee House in Connaught Place served the expat clientele by roping in best chefs from Calcutta who had been trained by British cooks. Its owners say they are the custodians of an era gone by.

Triveni Kala Sangam is Delhi’s art address. It saw stars struggle—Shah Rukh Khan to Om Puri

Triveni was shaped by a spirited and feisty art visionary Sundari Shridharani, who worked in the service of her muse all her life.

Hamdard’s Rooh Afza—the medicine syrup that turned into luxury drink for India & Pakistan

The family saved its small share of the profits from the sale of Rooh Afza and gave it back to society through community service-related activities.

Indira Gandhi’s speech, Ravi Shankar’s concert—Master Sound shaped Independent India’s voice

The third-generation owner of Master Sound, Tarandeep Singh, attributes the success of the company to his grandfather and father’s dedication to quality despite cost.

Nehru was a fan of Moti Mahal Restaurant. It brought Old Delhi and Lutyens’ together

Moti Mahal’s fare became part of Nehru’s diplomatic offering for State guests.

Sita Ram Diwan Chand, Paharganj’s one-dish restaurant selling Lahori chole bhature since 1947

Sitaram's modest stall in Imperial Cinema, set up after Partition, made his venture a part of the refugee ecosystem in Paharganj. His business only grew thereon.

On Camera

What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

Without any air force or navy worth the name, both Iran and Ukraine have held two superpowers at bay.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.