swadeshi

Ink of Independence

Lhendup G Bhutia

The brand that freedom fighters loved stages a comeback

Bengali Flavour

Jayanta Ghosal

An appeal for swadeshi

Homemade

Lhendup G Bhutia

From Reliance Jio’s Made-in-India 5G plan to the recent boom in desi apps and PPE manufacturing, Indian industry gets ready for a swadeshi turn

On Gandhi and Gandhism

Ram Madhav

By his actions, Gandhi demonstrated the power of the powerless catapulting him as an icon of thought leadership for all times to come

To Pen the Swadeshi Narrative

Nikita Doval

Ratnam pens and Sulekha ink were started in response to Gandhi’s call for self-reliance in the 1930s. But how have the instruments that helped write history fared themselves?

Is Mall the New Mandir?

Sunanda K Datta-Ray

A meditation on Black Friday

The New Saffron High Command

PR Ramesh

The BJP has learnt enough from past mistakes to rid itself of its swadeshi image. This has led to heartburn among the old guard but the new leadership couldn’t be bothered