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Naulakha Soap survived 1947 Partition and modern-day competition. It still sells

Ladha Mal Jain was barely 14 years old when he started the business of manufacturing a washing soap named Naulakha in pre-Partition Lahore.

‘Lux girl’ — Bollywood’s own soap brand that brought affordable luxury to all

Targeting the upper and middle-class population, Lux branded itself as the 'secret behind beautiful faces' in the Hindi film industry.

This sandalwood soap, integral to most Kannadigas’ identity, traces its origins back to WW1

Oval-shaped, biscuit-coloured Mysore Sandal Soap owes its signature scent to 'Soap Sastry', one of India's first industrial chemists who travelled to England & US to make the soap.

Soaps have a dirty history. Even Greeks and Roman didn’t use them to clean their bodies

Few people know the long and dirty history of making soap, the product we all rely on to clean our skin, and help us in a pandemic.

Surging soap demand makes Hindustan Unilever India’s best stock

Hindustan Unilever has surged as bottles of hand-wash, detergents and floor cleaner fly off the shelves amid the coronavirus pandemic.

This is what makes the humble soap our best bet against coronavirus

As shops run low on hand sanitisers, here's why washing hands with soap and water is the most effective way to prevent COVID-19 infection.

Le Sancy, the soap that made Rahul a name to remember way before Shah Rukh Khan

The boat-shaped soap was a case of great advertising that just didn't work.

Godrej Vatni was India’s foremost Swadeshi soap, and it didn’t remind you of Partition

Godrej Vatni soap continued to carry the map of undivided India for many years, even after Partition.

India’s first ‘big’ bathing soap failed because it was OK

The ads for Tata's OK soap were hugely popular, but its name and branding let it down.

On Camera

India is going to have its least free & fair election in 2024. See these 5 indicators

So far what we have seen of the 2024 elections is enough to indicate that the continuous slide of democratic standards is headed toward breaching the minimum threshold of an electoral democracy.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.