Meenakshi Amma, 78, lives in Kerala, southern India, where she teaches the ancient practice of kalari, or kalaripayattu, to new generations Continue reading…
Sindhu Vee and her father go back in time: ‘As a child, I was always copying him’
The comedian and her dad recreate a childhood photo and talk about early days in India, agoraphobia and swapping banking for comedy Born in New Delhi in 1969, Sindhu Vee spent her childhood in India and the Philippines, before throwing herself into aca…
Tiger Global in talks to lead over $100M investment in India’s Slice
A number of high-profile investors are chasing to invest in Slice, a fintech startup that is attempting to expand the market for credit cards in India. Tiger Global is in advanced stages of talks to lead a round of over $100 million in the Bangalore-based startup, sources familiar with the matter told me. A number […]
Global startups raise $158B in Q3, an all-time record
We’re beginning to see why it feels so busy out there. It is!
‘We want dignity’: the vanishing craft of Kashmir’s papier-mache artists
Award-winning artist Maqbool Jan is one of a handful still practising the ancient artform, but without government help he fears it could be lostKashmir’s ancient papier-mache artworks are famous throughout the world. The art form is a staple of the lux…
Facebook outage highlights global over-reliance on its services
Shutdown heavily impacts ability to communicate and do business for many of platform’s 2.8 billion usersFrom bereft Brazilians to relaxed Russians and internet-savvy Indians, Facebook’s outage highlighted the dependence much of the world has developed …
The critique of everyday life in 15 seconds.
Nayanjyoti’s roundup of proletarian TikTok in India for the political webzine Raiot includes videos of rural workers, workers on the long walk home, workers goofing off, construction workers goofing off, reaction videos, lipsynched labor, and synchroni…
Chalo raises $40 million to digitize bus commutes in India
More than a decade ago, Mohit Dubey founded CarWale, a startup that allows people to sell and buy used and new cars. But spending more than 10 years with the startup made Dubey realize that he was solving problems for just 3% of India. He wanted to try something bigger. Literally. His current venture is […]
Inkitt books $59M investment, wants to turn its data-driven, self-publishing platform into a multi-media powerhouse
Book sales during the pandemic went up, and it seems the amount we are reading did, too. Now Inkitt, the startup that operates a free, popular platform of the same name for anyone to write and publish stories — stories that Inkitt then analyses using data science to determine which of them to take to […]
India’s Licious becomes unicorn with $52 million fresh fundraise
Licious, a Bangalore-based startup that sells fresh meat and seafood online, said on Tuesday it has raised $52 million in a new financing round and become the first direct-to-consumer startup to attain the unicorn status in the world’s second largest internet market. The new round — a Series G — was led by Mumbai-headquartered IIFL. […]