Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSUVs are taking over India — one accident, one parking spot at a time
Episode 443
After years of being associated with powerful politicians and menacing goons thanks to Bollywood films, SUVs are now undergoing a makeover. At car dealerships across the country, they are now being p…
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Swiggy's post-IPO pains are a lesson for rich Indians playing the pre-listing game
Episode 442
When the much-awaited Swiggy IPO took place in November last year, many HNIs make put in their money into the company. Some made smaller investments of more than Rs 2 lakh and the others who bought s…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
'I am the Byju of Byju's and I am here now'
Episode 441
In this episode we fill you in on some of the biggest business and tech stories from The Ken newsroom.
We’ll talk about the latest development in the Byjus story; how Reliance’s Campa is taking on th…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
How the MG Windsor left Tata and Hyundai behind to become India's top-selling EV
Episode 440
This year the JSW MG Windsor became the highest selling electric car in India. It recently even managed to outperform Tata’s most popular offerings like the Nexon and Punch EV. It recorded total sale…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Why IITs and NLUs are setting up their own companies
Episode 439
Over the past few years, public universities here in India have been stuck in a rather difficult position. For decades, they were almost entirely dependent on state funding to keep the lights on.
But …
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Deepseek cracked open AI. India’s AI plumbers are loving it
Episode 438
Up until recently, for most enterprises the default choice ended up being ChatGPT maker Open AI's models. That was mainly since for a long time there were no serious alternatives.
Then, in came Deeps…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
The death of the independent doctor
Episode 437
Young independent doctors in India are stuck between a rock and a hard place. Take F M, a 32-year-old psychiatrist who has a clinic in South Mumbai. She’s spent a third of her life slogging through m…
Published on 9 months, 4 weeks ago
Trump's tariff spree and what it means for India
Episode 436
In this episode we fill you in on some of the biggest business and tech stories from around the world.
We’ll talk about US President Donald Trump’s trade war threat and what it means for India and wh…
Published on 10 months ago
How Wooden Street is challenging furniture giants in India with its Goldilocks game plan
Episode 435
Ten years in the business and the custom furniture maker Wooden Street has left its older peers far behind. If you ask the company’s founder and chief executive Lokendra Singh Ranawat, he will tell y…
Published on 10 months ago
Why Wework India is moving away from what it knows best — co-working
Episode 434
By now, we are all aware of the WeWork story. We know how the company grew to become synonymous with coworking spaces thanks to its lavish network of offices around the world. How these offices were …
Published on 10 months ago