India close to becoming a self-reliant & globally competitive military manufacturing hub
India’s remarkable strides in defence production and exports underscore its transformation into a self-reliant and globally competitive Military manufacturing hub. The combination of strategic policy interventions, increased domestic participation, and…
The “we time“ happiness
The steam was rising in elegant curls from two cups of ginger chai placed on a rotating dining table. Across me was Mr. Padhi. For the past three years, we…
Why societies are becoming passive in the age of instant answers
As artificial intelligence reshapes economies, institutions, and everyday life, public debate has largely focused on familiar divides: access to digital tools, infrastructure limitations, or the lack of technical skills among…
Full-spectrum philanthropy can help India truly lead in STEM education
Why foundational skills and frontier science must grow together to close India’s learning gaps. India has made remarkable strides towards development since Independence. In the past decade alone, the country’s…
Don’t Kid Yourselves
Why Indians won’t have more babies just because Bhagwat & other notables want them to At various points over the past decade, headline makers have urged Hindus to have ten,…
What the world’s most over-regulated major economy wants
Even as the India-US deal brings sighs of relief, the learnings from a year of Trump tariffs’ pain should not be forgotten. Their heat has surely woken up GOI to…
India-US deal: Three takes
To nobody’s surprise, the Indo-US trade deal, announced in line with contemporary times in a blaze of high-profile tweets by the highest offices in both countries, has generated significant sound…
Plane, not simple
India desperately needs aircraft, both civilian and military. On the defence front, the country’s dwindling fighter jet squadrons have raised concerns. That’s why the expected clearance for the purchase of…
Political leaders are servants of moral order
By Ganesh Kolambakar Today, politics appears to have lost its soul. Leadership without purpose, polarisation without understanding, and power pursued for its own sake have turned governance into a spectacle…
Pro-choice diet
It excludes nothing except supersizing “I need more protein in my diet,” I bantered with Kamala as she poured a ladleful of dosa batter onto the sizzling tawa. She walked…