Two years ago, the introduction of a six-lane Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway posed an obstacle to the toy shops in Channapatna en route. Travellers no longer stopped by to indulge in impulse purchases.
In an industry saturated with marketing buzzwords such as ‘sustainability’, Karthik Vaidyanathan, Founder of Varnam Craft Collective, would rather talk about rent and the price of lacquer. Or how many ...