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Tiffany and Co. recently reopened its flagship New York store after a four-year renovation. Renajit Guha helped to transform the way the world thinks about post-colonial India. By viewing change from the long-overlooked perspective of lower classes and casts, we reflect on a life spent understanding the past so as to influence the future.

The past few years have proved tumultuous both for American consumers and for retailers selling to them. The end result is a curious slump for middle-of-the-road brands. Artificial intelligence like ChatGPT stands to disrupt everything from art to coding; we self-interestedly explore probable effects on journalism. And remembering Ranajit Guha, a historian who saw a different India by looking bottom-up.

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