This might be artful

Ireland has decided to help artists by giving some of them money every month, even if they are not selling lots of art. This money is called a “basic income.”…

Why political left or right are exclusionary

Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev We are witnessing a resurgence of right-wing movements worldwide. Many believe this is a natural consequence of left wing having overplayed its hand in previous decades. The…

Speaker’s not the issue, not speaking to each other is

In what can only be termed as most unfortunate, Congress-led opposition’s move to remove Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla marks a new low in trust between govt and rival political…

Bash all day, buy all night

When it comes to US, investors the world over now love to ‘Bash All Day, Buy All Night’. Travelling recently across Asia, Europe and West Asia, I was struck by…

A is for appum

When I’m in Goa, as I was recently, I’m faced with a Hamletesque dilemma: To poee, or not to poee; that is the question.The poee is a traditional Goan bread…

Right call, RBI

Banks shouldn’t be growing their bottom line by misguiding customers. New directive will hopefully stop it Walking into a bank can feel a bit uncomfortable. Long ago, the lines were…

Numbers that signal a state in transformation

The Uttar Pradesh Budget 2026–27 marks a decisive shift in the state’s economic strategy. The Budget numbers underline its transition towards an investment-led, production-oriented growth model. The total budget size…

Not the Uttarakhand I love

Like many of you who may have paused to read this, I have long had a deep affection for Uttarakhand, stretching back several decades. Even though I am not a…

What Uttar Pradesh means for the India story

If Uttar Pradesh were a country, it would be the world’s sixth‑most populous nation, larger than Brazil, Bangladesh or Russia. This is precisely why its recent economic turn matters so…

Global opportunity or legalised exploitation? Why India and the US must fix skilled migration together

Two decades of reporting, regulatory reviews, and worker advocacy reveal how employer-tied work visas and layered staffing arrangements have left many skilled migrants legally authorised to work abroad, yet economically…