‘The fight against colonialism is glorious!’ The steady rise of Indian comedy in the UK
by In the summer of 2010, Anuvab Pal was writing an article about the opening of the Comedy Store in Mumbai, impresario Don Ward’s attempt to …
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How India got stuck in its own unusual time zone
Nine hours and 30 minutes ahead of New York. Five hours and 30 minutes ahead of London. Three hours and 30 minutes behind Tokyo. For …
From floods in Brazil and Houston to brutal heat in Asia, extreme weather is happening almost everywhere
In sweltering Brazil, the worst floods ever killed dozens of people and paralyzed a city of about 4 million people. Voters and politicians in the …
The summer heat waves are already dead in Asia, and it is still spring
New Delhi — Spring is still here but hundreds of millions of people across South and Southeast Asia have already faced scorching hot temperatures. The …
How Bangalore became the Silicon Valley of India
Sitting under the fan ceiling at Koshy’s restaurant, a fixture in this city since 1952, it felt like nothing had changed. Waiters in white uniforms …
But not cricket: Indian politicians bat for power
US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a cricket stadium in Ahmedabad in February 2020 (Mandel NGAN) Cricket is just a …
How Salford father Baz spent ten years in India’s toughest prisons
Barry Hulse -Credit:notension_bazhulse/Instagram As Barry Hulse walked into barrack number eight at the maximum security Arthur Road Prison in Mumbai his mind reeled. While awaiting …
CEO of Walmart-owned Myntra on Technology, Storytelling and Staying Ahead of the Fashion Retail Curve
Competition has intensified since Myntra, one of India’s first fashion e-commerce players, which first launched in 2007, was acquired by retail giant Flipkart in 2014, …
Farmers in India have been hit hard by the extreme weather. Some say increasing natural farming is the answer
GUNTUR, India (AP) – Ratna Raju’s farm has a pungent smell that he says protects his crops from the increasingly unpredictable and extreme weather of …
India’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander barely kicked up any lunar dust. Here’s why that’s important
India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, which operated a historic landing near the moon’s south pole last August, it barely made any lunar dust during descent thanks to …