Kabira

Have you ever fallen so deeply in love with a place that you’ve wanted to protect it with all your might? Poet Mirza Ghalib felt this way about Banaras, the city also known as Varanasi and Kashi. In his Persian masnavi Chiragh-e-Dair, he wrote: “ta’ālallah banāras chashm-e-bad dūr/bahisht-e-khurram-o-firdaus-e-ma’mūr”. Maaz bin Bilal’s Temple Lamp: Verses on Banaras, a recent English translation, presents this as: “May God keep Banaras/ from the evil eye, / it is heavenly bliss, paradise established”. Hindustani…

Electric Vehicle (EV) start-ups are gaining a lot of popularity these days. These are one of the key stakeholders in India’s transition from internal combustion engines (ICE) to electric mobility. One of these start-ups is Goa-based Kabira Mobility which recently grabbed eyeballs by bagging an investment worth USD 50 million from Qatar-based Al-Abdullah Group.Kabira Mobility is committed towards transformation of urban mobility, which reflects in their products. The company is focusing on cleaner and connected solutions…

Electric two-wheeler maker Kabira Mobility on Friday said it has secured $50 million (around Rs 412 crore) funding from Qatar-based Al-Abdulla Group. The Panjim-based company plans to utilise the capital to fund its future growth in the country. The company plans to ramp up production capacity of its electric bikes KM3000, KM4000, introduce new products and enhance sales infrastructure across the country. The company currently has an installed production capacity of 40,000 units a month at its Dharwad-based plant in…

The sixth edition of the Mahindra Kabira Festival, held from November 18 to 20 on the banks of the river Ganga in Varanasi, was a magnificent celebration of the 15th-century weaver-poet Kabir’s words and wisdom. The city, also called Kashi and Benaras, was where Kabir spent much of his life. The festival was memorable not only because of the breathtaking sunrises and sunsets that could be witnessed from the venues – Guleria Ghat and Shivala Ghat – but also because the itinerary was packed with a broad range of offerings…