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A lot of people still think keeping a cat at home is complicated, maybe even a little unrealistic in Indian households. That idea is not entirely fair. Cats are actually some of the easiest…

Walk through pretty much any park in India on a weekend evening and you'll spot one within minutes, a big, friendly dog trotting up to strangers with its tail going like a windshield wiper,…

Buying a deodorant in India used to mean grabbing whichever spray was on sale at the chemist and hoping for the best. That's changed. The market has grown, options have multiplied, and the…

Most people only start thinking about credit card fraud after it has already happened to them. You check your statement, spot a transaction you never made, and that sinking feeling hits…

Ten years ago, asking about Indian wine at a dinner table got you a polite smile and a quiet subject change. Today that conversation is different. The vineyards in Nashik, Bangalore, and…

Ask anyone who has lived in India for more than a summer what they look forward to as the year moves, and fruit will come up pretty quickly. The first mango of the season. The guavas that…

In most commercial washrooms, soap dispensers don’t get much attention. They’re installed, refilled, and expected to just work. But once the space starts seeing regular usage, the…

Walk into any woman's wardrobe in India and there's almost always a saree tucked somewhere — folded carefully, wrapped in plastic, or hanging near the back. Sometimes it was worn to a…

If you've ever booked a train ticket in India, chances are you've stared at your phone screen a dozen times hoping your status changes from waitlisted to confirmed. That anxious refreshing…

Walk into any liquor store in India these days and you'll notice something — the scotch section keeps growing every year. It wasn't always like this. A decade or two back, scotch was…