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Dipali Banka is a Mumbai-based journalist who treats corporate journalism as a puzzle to be solved rather than a routine event. This means he always has to read annual reports and talk to leaders and analysts. It follows the policies, agreements and pulse of sectors such as metal, mining, paint and cement, as well as aviation. She started as an intern at The Statesman and then completed a master’s degree in journalism from the Asian College of Journalism in Chennai in 2025. Relentlessly curious, Dipali is driven by a simple urge to understand how things work and who they affect. Armed with an enduring fascination with steel and airplanes, he navigates the chaos of daily news with focus, translating complexity into clarity without losing the story. He is particularly committed to turning numbers into objective narratives and has little appetite for the uncertainties that come his way.
Outside the newsroom, Dipali is an unapologetically boisterous presence who values long conversations and longer walks for relaxation. He devours books of all kinds and can often be seen falling prey to the lyrical influence of contemporary ghazals. He fervently believes that his relationship with his author is more sacred than with anyone else anywhere in the human race.
Abhishek Law spent 18 years in journalism; For the news industry, this means that it has survived multiple newsroom reorganizations, countless “emergency” press releases, and more cups of tea than it can reasonably count. Based in New Delhi, he covers aviation for Mint, an industry where planes, oil prices, geopolitics and airline CEOs regularly collaborate to make life interesting.
He spends most of his time translating airline jargon like ASKs, returns, load factors and fleet strategies into language that doesn’t require a pilot’s license. Its motto is simple: If readers need a dictionary, it hasn’t done its job properly.
Most days, the quadruple-year-old follows airline strategies, policy changes and the occasional weather disruption that suddenly becomes a stock market story. When planes exhibit their own behavior (which doesn’t happen very often these days), he dives steelily into other corporate rhythms and tries to figure out what’s really going on.
He likes to talk, especially to ask one more question that people are uncomfortable with, and he saves people on his phone as a “Source who may or may not answer calls”.
But seriously, the goal remains simple: cut through the jargon, find additional details, and turn complex business stories into something you can actually enjoy reading.
