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A decade-long auto boom put the town and nearby villages on the global map. Now a slowdown is choking them.

You should have led with the king of spades and not saved it for later,” Nanku tells Chauhan. “Have you forgotten how to play?”
Chauhan smiles sheepishly while shuffling the cards, a half-lit bidi perched between his lips.
Chauhan deals. Nanku falls short again. He is livid. Only one man, Sawant Singh, who’s in the lead, seems to be enjoying this banter.
It’s past noon in Aliyar, a village near Maruti Suzuki India’s manufacturing plant in Manesar, and men are concentrating hard on the game at hand. They’re playing Call Bridge, a four-player card game popular in these parts. After …

India’s second-largest brokerage by active clients wants to handle IPOs as a merchant banker. But gaining a foothold in the highly competitive sector is easier said than done.
Influence cannot be manufactured through diaspora networks, carefully branded events or political donations. It requires honesty and credibility.
Chinese diplomats to India are saying all the right things for Indian ears, but Beijing’s policy actions are moving in the opposite direction.