Tables turned: how an Indian bought the East India Company
'The merchant's yardstick, which, at dawn break/ Appeared as the royal sceptre
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Bengal’s Sulekha Ink and a story of resilience
All of us at some point in our lives have been mad about that Fountain Pen! Call it nostalgia, call it aristocracy, or just a royal, colonial hangover. Even for millennial kids today, fountain pens though obsolete, have a special collective value for sure. It
KP Chaudhuri, who with just $8 in his pocket went on to buy a hospital in USA
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St. James’ student scripts a ‘waste-cloth’ recycle revolution
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How have start-ups fared during the age of COVID 19?
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Will 2021 be a year of hope?
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