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Sunday, April 12, 2026
TopicSticky Brands

Topic: Sticky Brands

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.

Kashmir militancy to Sharmila Tagore as brand face—Ahujasons’ road to India’s winter fashion

The beginnings of Ahujasons were spartan. Originally in Karol Bagh, the Ahuja family made shawls a fashion statement in India.

Khan Market and Anand General Store a contradiction. One is glitzy, the other basic, everyday

If one were to scrap the glossy surface of Khan Market, one would only see a multitude of very simple people — owners of the Allied Toy Store, Faqir Chand bookstore.

Rose, sandalwood, petrichor—Gulabsingh Johrimal that captured Mughals with ‘Indian’ scents

Tucked in the heart of Old Delhi’s Chandni Chowk, the shop is still full of rare treasured aromas and scents. It had scores of noblemen as its customers.

Spread of railways, WWII demands—How USHA sewing machine came to dominate Indian markets

USHA sewing machine was considered an ultimate enabler for women of the 1950s and one of the most popular parts of wedding trousseau.

A Swiss couple set it up, British flocked to it, Wenger’s was heart of Delhi glamour

Pineapple pastry, cream roll—Wenger's became a passion project for one Indian family, the Tandons.

Prithviraj Kapoor to Kiara Advani—Delhi’s Delite Cinema remains a Bollywood favourite

While many other single screen theatres have packed up due to new market pressures, Delite Cinema continues to draw crowds from old Delhi.

Bombay Parsi shop to illegal Delhi seller—Keventers gave India new appetite for dairy

The brand remained alive because one of the distributors based in Delhi's Connaught Place continued to sell his own milkshakes while illegally using Keventers’ branding.

From Bahadur Shah Zafar to the Nizam of Hyderabad, a jewellery brand for the royals

While most jewellers today miss no opportunity to be visible on offline and online media, for a ‘khandani’ jeweller like SRHR, discretion remains a motto.

1948 war to Kennedy visit, Delhi’s Mahatta & Co is still capturing Indian history in photos

From Gandhi's prayer meets to Dalai Lama's flight to India—The Mahatta family has been at the ringside of India's headline events for almost a century.

On Camera

Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

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.