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Can cheap seats come with extra legroom? We ask the man behind India’s first budget airline
Episode 330
Every time you take a domestic flight and don't have to break a fixed deposit to buy a ticket, you have Captain GR Gopinath to thank. In 2003, he la…
1 year, 5 months ago
India's largest non-bank is a prisoner of its own growth
Episode 329
Phone calls from Bajaj Finance offering loans are almost inescapable and the non-bank has been facing quite a backlash for it.
But telecalling has bee…
1 year, 5 months ago
How Birkenstocks went from being a clunky, orthopaedic sandal to the new it-shoe
Episode 328
Not so long ago, Birkenstocks were considered the antithesis of high fashion. For the longest time, the 250-year-old German brand’s characteristic ch…
1 year, 5 months ago
Meet the unlikely winners of India's quick commerce boom. Local brokers.
Episode 327
India's biggest quick commerce players — Blinkit, Instamart, and Zepto — are on a mission. They are frantically hunting for properties they can conve…
1 year, 5 months ago
Why half of India's young doctors are drowning in debt
Episode 326
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. …
1 year, 5 months ago
Daybreak News Wrap: Musk vs Brazil; why we can't trust online news; and Meta's cool new sunglasses
Episode 325
In this episode of Daybreak, hosts Snigdha and Rahel try something new — instead of the usual monologue or interview, they cover three of the biggest…
1 year, 5 months ago
Why replicating China's iPhone city model in India is a short-term fix for a long-term problem
Episode 324
What put iPhone city on the map is that it produces more than half of the world’s iPhone’s every single year. The global demand for the Apple iPhone …
1 year, 5 months ago
Is Flipkart bringing a knife to the fintech gun fight with Super.money?
Episode 323
Back in 2022, e-commerce giant Flipkart’s 35 billion dollar universe was left with a gaping fintech hole after the payments app Phonepe was spun off.…
1 year, 5 months ago
You can buy an EV in China. But can you afford to insure it?
Episode 322
Half of the world’s electric cars are on China’s roads, thanks to a wave of smart incentives for both consumers and manufacturers, such as tax breaks…
1 year, 5 months ago
Inside Flipkart: a high-pressure workplace thanks to its IPO dreams. And Walmart
Episode 321
A few years ago, Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy had set a target of 40% growth across all categories for Flipkart. But in 2023, it was still stuck…
1 year, 5 months ago