The formula is predictable—a global luxury house picks a location that’s desi, but with training wheels. Extra points if British royalty once passed by it in a carriage.
Over millennia, men, social groups, and countries have fought over land, resources, women, even honour, but the arrival of Abrahamic monotheism brought in a...
This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
Oh, I love the Gateway of India. Earliest memories of childhood in Colaba, living in Ionic building, a quiet leafy lane that ends in Dilip Sardesai Chowk. Seeing the limitless ocean from the Gateway, became a globalist for life, seeing the rest of the world as a huge opportunity, never a threat. Not an Aatma Nirbhar bone in my life. Always preferred Kraft to Amul cheese, which made its debut at that time.
Oh, I love the Gateway of India. Earliest memories of childhood in Colaba, living in Ionic building, a quiet leafy lane that ends in Dilip Sardesai Chowk. Seeing the limitless ocean from the Gateway, became a globalist for life, seeing the rest of the world as a huge opportunity, never a threat. Not an Aatma Nirbhar bone in my life. Always preferred Kraft to Amul cheese, which made its debut at that time.
That line about the Oberoi Udaivilas having its own Aadhaar card? Gold. Absolute gold.