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2 months ago | 
the-ken.com | hari krishna |Suprita Anupam |Rounak Kumar Gunjan |Anand Kalyanaraman
Any merchant needs to work with a licensed payment aggregator to accept online payments. Many relied on Juspay as an orchestration platform—essentially, an “aggregator of aggregators” to help them integrate with different payment aggregators as a failsafe. Put simply, if one payment aggregator goes down, Juspay automatically ensures that merchants can continue accepting payments through an alternative.
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2 months ago | 
the-ken.com | Rahel Philipose |Seema Singh |Rohin Dharmakumar |hari krishna
Back in 2016, the government launched a scheme called UDAN. It stands for Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik, which roughly translates to every ordinary citizen will fly. This was a scheme that promised affordable, hassle free air travel to tier-2, 3 and 4 cities across the country. But eight years later, flying in and out of smaller towns and cities could not be more cumbersome. Direct flights are rare, and cancellations and delays are constant. So, that prompts the question – where did Udan go wrong?
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2 months ago | 
the-ken.com | hari krishna |Gaurav Bagur |Suprita Anupam |Nuha Bubere
Move beyond cliched presents this holiday season. Instead, gift something that fuels intellect and inspires change. Share the joy of knowledge with your dear ones. Gift Now Dang, you’re out of gift subscriptions We currently limit the number of free gift subscriptions per subscriber. You’ll get more when you renew your subscription. In the meantime, if you want to tell someone about The Ken, gift them a story. Not now, thanks.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
the-ken.com | hari krishna |Archishma Iyer |Anand Kalyanaraman |Sudeshna Ray
Good Morning [%first_name |Dear Reader%], You are reading the Two by Two newsletter—a weekly commentary on the most important business stories around you It’s Friday, 17 January, 1.30 pm. The recording session for episode 26 of Two by Two is about to kick off—we have about 30 minutes to go. My colleague Rajiv and I have just finished lunch and are heading to the studio when I realise I’ve completely forgotten to order coffee for our guests.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
the-ken.com | Rahel Philipose |hari krishna |Archishma Iyer |Anand Kalyanaraman
Property prices across Indian cities have gone through the roof, up by nearly 30% in the last two years. This along with ever increasing rent and general cost of living has made planning for the future quite challenging for those in their 20s and 30s. So has the idea of home ownership changed among the younger generations, like in many Western countries where more and more people are choosing to rent rather than buy? Or are we still attached to the idea of owning a home?
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
the-ken.com | hari krishna |Gaurav Bagur |Rounak Kumar Gunjan |Shristi Achar
Move beyond cliched presents this holiday season. Instead, gift something that fuels intellect and inspires change. Share the joy of knowledge with your dear ones. Gift Now Dang, you’re out of gift subscriptions We currently limit the number of free gift subscriptions per subscriber. You’ll get more when you renew your subscription. In the meantime, if you want to tell someone about The Ken, gift them a story. Not now, thanks.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
the-ken.com | Rahel Philipose |hari krishna |Gaurav Bagur |Rounak Kumar Gunjan
A couple years ago, quick commerce platforms were the place to be for up and coming brands across the country. Just a little sliver of real estate on a rapid delivery app was enough to put them on the map. But now, many of these brands are very quickly realising that success on a Blinkit or a Zepto is a double edged sword. With it comes high commissions, marketing fees, and the constant pressure to never run out of inventory. Some brands have now had enough. How did it get here?
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
the-ken.com | Rahel Philipose |hari krishna |Gaurav Bagur |Rounak Kumar Gunjan
Hurun India began curating rich lists a decade ago. Now, it has moved up ahead of ranking giants like Bloomberg and Forbes with 17 lists so far. It has a Global 500 list, similar to Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index. In fact, at this point, it’s safe to say that it has replaced Forbes as the most trusted choice for bankers and wealth managers. Hurun has managed to turn showing it off into a cultural trend despite the fact that wealth is often wrapped in secrecy in a country like India.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
the-ken.com | hari krishna |Aakriti Bhalla |Ruhi Kandhari |Anand Kalyanaraman
Awadesh: 300,000 cars would have been sold in the last two-and-a-half or three years. Now these 300,000 cars would require charging in public places or at home, right? Now, in India currently, we have roughly 10,000 to 12,000 charging points. So if you have 10,000 to 12,000 charging points against 300,000 cars, it means you already have a 1:25 or 1:20 ratio, which is as good as the European countries. So in terms of numbers, we don’t have fewer (charging points).
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
the-ken.com | Rahel Philipose |hari krishna |Anand Kalyanaraman |Aakriti Bhalla
Welcome to the big fat sustainable Indian wedding! Over the last few years, sustainability has become a big buzz word in the wedding industry. Multiple wedding planners told Daybreak that couples are now increasingly asking for more ‘sustainable’ alternatives while planning their big day — from offsetting the carbon footprint of the event, to setting up compost pits in the middle of their wedding venues. This growing environmental consciousness makes sense.
