The informal economy’s digital shift: Is formalisation finally happening?

India’s informal economy is not being disciplined into formality; it is being translated into data. That distinction matters in 2026. For decades, formalisation meant registration, taxation, and regulatory entry. Today…

For millions, entertainment is a necessity, not a luxury

Many migrant workers prioritise spending on phone data plans. Because that’s how they get access to interesting content that helps them cope with daily hard grind Entertainment is often described…

Quality – compliance paradox in higher education

Is our higher education compliance centric? The answer is yes, because higher education institutions (HEIs) lay larger focus on securing timely approvals from regulating bodies, subsequently accreditation with a good…

Development, cleanliness, religious persecution and a rising superpower – this is what I experienced in 2026

I returned to India after six years, travelling between 24th December 2025 and 4th January 2026. It was a short ten-day trip, but one I used deliberately, not as a…

Trump’s tariffs do not travel

It can be conveniently contended that Preemption, whether be it in the realm of strategy, political diplomacy or even economic diplomacy happens to be the au currant order of the…

When banks lose interest, in you & me

Financial mis-selling happens when bankers lure customers to meet their targets. Eg: selling insurance while hawking investment options. To tackle it, fix sellers’ incentive structure & mandate stiff penalties Sometime…

Obedience Is Overrated

Do older people always give good advice? Sometimes they do. But young people also need to think for themselves. When Sam Altman told a hall full of IIT students that…

Bots In Store For Us? 

AI to do most white-collar jobs soon? Improbable. But, say, it does. Then even the rich won’t be so rich  A 7,000-word blog post by a tiny New York-based financial…

Bots In Store For Us? 

AI to do most white-collar jobs soon? Improbable. But, say, it does. Then even the rich won’t be rich  A small financial research company in New York wrote a very…

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An egg-supply hub hatches an inhuman scam Maharashtra’s Thane-Badlapur belt bred militant trade unionism in the 1970s. That ghost was laid, and replaced by laying hens. Badlapur’s eggs became a…