Tried and tested
The examination season is here. The last of the Diwali sweets digested, students are now busy hunched over their text books. However, I have set a question paper for all you parents out there. No...
View ArticleA Focus on India’s geopolitical position in the increasingly bipolar world...
Introduction Ian Bremmer, the American political scientist and geostrategy expert, has underscored India’s unparalleled geopolitical position post-BRICS in an increasingly bipolar world post-BRICS...
View ArticleMy Take 5 (Edition 30): The week that was in international affairs
Welcome back to another edition of My Take 5. Trump is back, Zelenskyy invites India’s help, European polls with an eye on Russia, Netanyahu fires his defence minister, and Bangladeshi Hindus continue...
View ArticleLies, damned lies, and generative AI
I am Generative AI, and I understand English and many other languages. I know their grammar rules. I understand real-world events and create fantastic stories, poems, images, speeches, and videos. I...
View ArticleThe media platform flywheel
Media firms, like retail giants Walmart and DMart, operate on thin margins. While retailers maintain strategic control over their supply and demand chains. This allows retailers to make capital...
View ArticleUnquiet flows the Don
A triumphant Trump is all set to enter White House and the history books Like a gleefully grinning Jack-in-the-Box, Donald Trump has popped up to make history as only the second US president after...
View ArticleEither/Or? No. Both
Trump & every politician should avoid binary choices. Complex systems don’t take to zero-sum games US election campaign was a battle of starkly opposed sides. Apocalyptic predictions, sweeping...
View ArticleEither/Or? No. Both
Trump & every politician should avoid binary choices. Complex systems don’t take to zero-sum games During elections, politicians often make big promises and take strong sides to get people excited...
View ArticleGrounded, by process
Jet Airways case is a reminder India can’t afford to have a bankruptcy process drag on for years The story of Jet Airways is a bit like watching a big dream fade away slowly. Jet...
View ArticleGrounded, by process
Jet Airways case is a reminder India can’t afford to have a bankruptcy process drag on for years As Supreme Court calls it curtains on Jet Airways, it’s another tragic tale of another short-lived...
View ArticleTrump 2.0 – every cloud has a silver lining
Donald Trump has been elected as the 47th President of the United States with a strong political mandate as the Republicans have a majority in the Senate and they are also in a comfortable lead...
View ArticleThe Chief of Defence Staff needs a robust supporting structure in the...
The creation of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) post in 2019 followed years of deliberation, first proposed by the Group of Ministers after the Kargil conflict, and later recommended by the Shekatkar...
View ArticleDoes Kejriwal matter?
There was once a party borne out of an immaculate conception. Sprung out of a menage-e-trois of the middle class, the intelligentsia and the social activists. To resolve the feeling of general...
View ArticleWhy are grassroots nonprofits not able to scale easily?
Grassroots organisations in India face challenges in financial management and leadership development, and with technology and government policies. Here’s how they can scale. Almost every grassroots...
View ArticleWill Trump’s fossil fuel playbook be a boon for India’s energy ambitions?
Donald Trump’s return to the Oval Office brings with it a renewed focus on America’s fossil fuel industry, marking a significant shift away from the climate-first approach of his predecessor. While...
View ArticleYou with your time
Remember the frustration of holding an expensive smartphone with no network bars? You desperately tap the screen, restart the phone, but nothing works. Surprisingly, this perfectly describes the...
View Article**Electile Disorder**
Do we have too many elections? Not really. But we definitely have too much election drama! It feels like we’re always voting. One election ends, and we’re already talking about the next one. It’s like...
View ArticleElectile Disorder
Too many elections? No. Too much electioneering Barely an election gets over, we hurtle towards the next. Our endless festival calendar seems matched by our election calendar. At least we get to party...
View ArticleBanana Republics
People will always find ways to find what they desire I know what a ghost is, said an old woman in The Satanic Verses. Unfinished business, that’s what. But in the case of India’s 1988...
View ArticleWhat’s a Banana Republic?
When people say “banana republic,” they’re talking about a country where the government is very weak, and big companies (sometimes foreign ones) have too much control. This term comes from the past...
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