Asian Paints Q4 net profit falls 45% to ₹700.8 crore

[ad_1] Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Handout Asian Paints on Thursday (May 8, 2025) reported a 45% decline in consolidated net profit to ₹700.83 crore for the March quarter due to muted demand and increased competitive intensity in the market. The company had logged a net profit of ₹1,275.30 crore in […]

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Kolkata | The goddess takes the tram

[ad_1] On an unseasonably hot and sweltering October afternoon, the Kolkata tram on Route 24/29 rolled out of Tollygunge Tram Depot, its front bedecked with the trinayani (three-eyed) face of goddess Durga. As it trundled past curious onlookers, on its way to Ballygunge, its brightly painted cars encapsulated the emotion Kolkatans revel in this season […]

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Tilla’s ‘Painted Forest’ wallpapers with Asian Paints

[ad_1] Aratrik Dev Varman is many things: founder of Tilla, the Ahmedabad-based design studio; an advocate of handmade Indian textiles and traditional craft; and a cross-disciplinary designer who believes “good design can be useful in more than one context if adapted well”. But when I get him on the telephone a day ahead of his […]

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Mumbai’s Sassoon Docks turns into an open air art gallery

[ad_1] Sea life and humans | Photo Credit: Prabalika M Borah This month, Mumbai is festooned with a fresh coat of colour, as it embraces buildings, scaffolding, tree trunks and walls. Continuing the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the Mumbai Port Authority, the Mumbai Urban Art Festival (MUAF) has literally painted the town red, […]

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Interview with R. Seshasayee, corporate honcho-turned-novelist

[ad_1] The industry veteran says he wanted to question the stereotyping of art and religion with his book ‘The Dance of Faith’ The industry veteran says he wanted to question the stereotyping of art and religion with his book ‘The Dance of Faith’ Zaheer, a Muslim boy from a small village at the foot hills […]

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