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The 17th-century Jagat Seths are often referred to as India's Medicis for their wealth. Rich enough to sponsor the British win at Plassey, they were India's largest moneylenders of their time. The bull run came to an end with the execution of its patriarchs in 1763. With the single largest...

If the stories of Britain's affluence and American independence were boiled down to one single commodity, it has to be the humble ubiquitous tea. Although all of it first came from China, India is where the money to buy it came from. Sometime in the 18th century, this cash cow came down with a...

On February 22, 1937, the Time magazine featured him on its cover as the wealthiest individual on the planet, a position he's believed to have held his entire life. At his peak, his net worth was the equivalent of $77 billion in today's money. He used a 184-carat diamond worth over $70 million...

Aksai Chin is a barren wasteland that's disputed between India and China. Having caused at least one full-fledged war between the two nations already, the region continues to claim lives and resources like no other on the planet. This story charts the background to this problem tracing a line...

लगातार होती बर्फ़बारी में आठ दिनों से मोबाइल का सिग्नल गुमशुदा है. और बीएसएनएल द्वारा इस तेरह हज़ार फुट की...

Veer Savarkar was one of the many fascinating characters in the Indian freedom movement. Listen to his story in a fictionalised interview format. This is a work of fiction. This feature doesn't support or oppose any political party. Its purpose is only to entertain...

Today, the American dollar is legal tender in as many as seven sovereign nations besides the United States of America. But there was a time, not too long ago, when another currency enjoyed a similar influence far from home. It was legal tender in half a dozen countries besides its own, all of...

When it's getting late & Mumbai rains have you stranded, you have no option but to make the most of it! Diya & Amar precisely do that by hanging out at their workplace lobby. Diya hates Mumbai rains while Delhiite Amar loves only the rains of Mumbai. Soon a tussle ensues making the two embark on...

More than two hundred years ago, a Muslim boy from Bihar lost his father, enlisted with the East India Company and set off on a voyage that took him to remote corners of India. By the late 1700s, he arrived in England and floated two business ventures — an Indian restaurant and a bathhouse...

Joby was a simple guy with small aspirations and all he wanted was to reach the peak of the Himalayas like hundreds of others before him so that he'd have done at least one exciting thing in the entirety of his boring life. But he'd never, ever, in his wildest dreams, dreamed of running into a...

Anand Thappar's Dead Bride: A dangerous secret made savvy politician, Anand Thappar, murder his beloved wife? Was it a matter of the heart or was there another, more sinister reason? Find out in 'Anand Thappar's Dead Bride'...

Inspector Yash had just retired from the police force and moved to a quiet place nestled in greenery. But no one told the criminals that! When the house he moves into, proves to be haunted, Yash is in great danger. He finds an unexpected friend to help him solve this spooky mystery. Will the two...

पाप्युलर स्टार, देव दीक्षित को अचानक एक दिन आईने से एलर्जी हो जाती है. उसे अपनी सूरत और सीरत पर संदेह होने लगता है...