How to attract world’s top manufacturers
India can sustain & accelerate its economic growth by focusing on labour-intensive industry for exports What will it take to make India a developed nation by 2047? We must not only sustain but...
View ArticleWhy Indians must work hard
No nation in economic transition has workers achieving work-life balance. The kerfuffles over working Sundays or 90-hour weeks are but outpourings of an elite minority ● National outrage about business...
View ArticleAI in education: The quiet revolution India needs
“If there’s one thing India has never lacked, it’s a hunger for learning. Education isn’t just a personal pursuit here; it’s a cultural aspiration, a family’s collective dream often built on...
View ArticleAuteur of aesthetics: Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s cinema through the eyes of...
This new book is a journey through a filmmaker’s imagination beyond painstaking frames as philosophical meditation, revealing the visceral and cerebral magic of one of India’s most celebrated artists....
View ArticleReclaiming equality: The urgent need for a men’s commission in India
In India, gender equality is portrayed as a battle for women, often leaving men’s silent suffering in the shadows. The pain of men remains unnoticed, their voices silenced by a society that demands...
View ArticleInvestors get massive in passive as AMCs launch new offerings
There has been massive growth in passive mutual funds in 2024. The latest data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) shows a record number of investment accounts in this category. New...
View ArticleSarkari salaries
Eighth Pay Commission should avoid another templated hike. It should think radically Cabinet approved the Eighth Pay Commission yesterday. There’s no arguing govt employees must receive fair...
View ArticleHow safe are our homes?
We all think of our home as the safest place in the world, but something terrible happened recently that makes us question that. Actor Saif Ali Khan was attacked in his own home in Bandra...
View ArticleGovernment salaries: Time to rethink how they work
The government has decided to set up the Eighth Pay Commission, which will decide how much government employees should earn. It’s important that government workers are paid fairly because their jobs...
View ArticleCaste a doubt
A questionnaire asking me for my pecking order in the social hierarchy would leave me dumbfounded Along with Bunny I find myself caught in the crossfire of a caste war. Following the example of Bihar,...
View ArticleHome Saifety
The brutal attack on a celebrity in the middle of the night raises larger questions Celebrities always seem aloof and perfect, leading airbrushed lives, but the life-threatening attack on actor Saif...
View ArticleSaif Ali Khan’s home invasion highlights the fragility of boundaries that...
Intense, visceral situations don’t just pass; they are life-changing and leave deep psychological marks. How one reacts under such intense danger is the best measure of a person’s character....
View ArticleUnion Budget 2025: An opportunity to reform the IBC for fairer and faster...
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), introduced in 2016, was designed as a robust framework to address corporate distress, ensure creditor recovery, and facilitate the revival of struggling...
View ArticleCan small be bigger than big?
Things need not go the way we plan. I planned to be a founder and CEO by 40. From my set of “friends, family, and fools”, I looked hard for the fools, but in vain....
View ArticleGenome India 2025: A year of progressive achievements in healthcare
India, a land of vast cultural and genetic diversity, has embarked on an ambitious scientific journey to explore its genetic landscape through Project Genome India. This groundbreaking initiative is...
View ArticleWhy nonprofits should work with state governments
Nonprofits in India bridge service delivery gaps and drive social change. Collaborating with state governments can help them amplify their impact. India is home to more than 31 lakh registered...
View ArticleFreebies to be or not to be
In view of increasingly aggressive competitive welfarism and law of diminishing returns staring them in the face, strategists of political parties were in huddle. They were asked to suggest new...
View ArticleWill the Gaza war end? Here’s what’s happening
After a lot of back-and-forth, Israel and Hamas have finally agreed to a ceasefire (a deal to stop fighting). This is a big step, but it’s just the beginning of a long process to end...
View ArticleSaving Tigers: Why one-size-fits-all policies don’t work
India is home to many tiger reserves, which are protected areas meant to help tigers and other animals thrive. Recently, the Supreme Court said there should be one single policy for managing all these...
View ArticleThe Musks Of Another Time
Will Trump’s fave billionaire be as influential as bros Koch? We can’t know now whether Biden’s warning about the “tech-industrial” complex will become as famous as Eisenhower’s warning about...
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