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Oct 12, 2021 • 11min
A glimpse into our first South celebrity special
This year, instead of a celebrity special that focussed on Bollywood, we decided to do something different. We, at Forbes India, shifted the focus to the four Southern film industries and its superstars that are breaking their moulds, each in their own way. Divya J Shekhar, the anchor of the inaugural South celebs special issue gives you a taste of what you can find in there

Sep 27, 2021 • 10min
The making of Freshworks—from startup to US IPO
Freshworks has captured the imagination of India's startup entrepreneurs. Cover story author Harichandan Arakali gives you a glimpse into how the Saas company went from being a startup to a Nasdaq listed company

Sep 13, 2021 • 12min
Inside Rajesh Gopinathan's strategy for a new TCS
On CEO Rajesh Gopinathan’s watch, Tata Consultancy Services, one of the world’s top IT companies, is ready to shed the outsourcing legacy and embrace symbiotic transformational journeys with its biggest customers. Cover story author, technology editor Harichandan Arakali gives you a glimpse

Aug 30, 2021 • 15min
Inside our unicorn special
In April 2021, in the span of just four days, India spawned six unicorns. Compare that number with just eight unicorns in the entirety of the last year. 25 unicorns have emerged in the first eight months of this year. Why is it raining unicorns in India? Can they keep galloping? Cover story author Rajiv Singh explains how the glut of money, less cash burn by startups, and digital push during the pandemic has fuelled their run

Aug 16, 2021 • 14min
A peek into Sanjeev Bikhchandani's life—the man who wears many hats
Bikhchandani started small with founding an internet startup whose aim was never to become an unicorn, but profitable. Today, the billionaire is an entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist, who believes in hardwork and learning from failure. Cover story author, Naini Thaker, tells us more

Aug 2, 2021 • 12min
Unpacking SoftBank Vision Fund's 'PE of the VC' approach in India
It's been a decade since SoftBank first invested in India. Their portfolio, which boasts unicorns such as Paytm, Swiggy, Oyo, and InMobi, is $14 billion strong. Pooja Sarkar, the co-author of the cover story with Rajiv Singh, walks us through the functioning of SoftBank's India team, how their knowledge-sharing meetings helped desi startups, and the future of SoftBank Vision Fund in India

Jul 20, 2021 • 10min
Inside Reliance Industries' gala renewable play
With Rs 75,000 capex play, Reliance Industries is planning to give green energy its Jio moment—the move has the potential to make RIL the largest green energy business in India, Samar Srivastava, cover story author gives a peek into the cover story

Jul 5, 2021 • 9min
How TV Narendran steered Tata Steel out of its decade of loss
Global MD & CEO TV Narendran's Herculean task has been to bring Tata Steel back from the brink, aided doubtless by a steady and visibly sustainable upcycle in steel prices. Cover story author Samar Srivastava gives a glimpse behind the scenes

Jun 22, 2021 • 10min
Inside Brookfield Asset Management: Deploying $11 billion in India in a pandemic year
Pooja Sarkar joins this fortnight's Inside Forbes India podcast to give you a sneak peek into the cover story that encapsulates the journey of the India business of Canada-based Brookfield Asset Management from its founding in the post 26/11 Mumbai to deploying $20 billion here since then. Here's the kicker—over 50 percent of it, or $11.3 billion— was invested into the pandemic-ravaged economy

Jun 7, 2021 • 10min
How to build a unicorn in 6 years
It's raining unicorns in India thus far in 2021 but Moglix is not your usual glam billion-dollar business—it is a B2B ecommerce platform for industrial goods filling a crucial gap for enterprises. Cover story author Manu Balachandran takes you behind the scenes of how Moglix became a unicorn in 6 years, and throws light on third-time unicorn maker Rahul Garg


