Shadow salaries and minimum wage mirage
Labour, as a factor of production, plays a pivotal role in transforming resources into output in an economy, thereby driving growth and development. Minimum wages, as a policy instrument, are…
Section 8 companies driving Tech Neutrality: India’s emerging engine of gov-tech
India’s digital public infrastructure initiatives from mobility and payments to taxation, credit and e-commerce, is not executed by ministries or startups. It is by nonprofits. Behind systems like the National…
Being human
The teacher’s role, as we all have been used to, is all set to do a somersault. It has been changing all along, actually – just not so radically. When…
The gas man is the new Bahubali v2.0
If children’s folklore has the bogey man, a mythical monster used to frighten them into good behaviour, in real life, we adults have the Gas Man, a living terror who…
120Hz happiness trap: A tale of two generations
Rajesh Uncle’s fingers trembled with excitement as he peeled away the transparent wrap from his new smartphone box. Wow! this one has three cameras! Three! He announced to his wife,…
The Arctic shift – India’s push to break free from Middle East dependence
When India’s cooking gas ran short in March 2026, the reason was simple: almost all of it had been travelling through one narrow passage in the Middle East. The crisis…
The quiet truth about data science work
Many times, the only truth that remains is the effort put into solving a business problem. The outcome eludes us. An honest data scientist would admit. Data science teams have…
Bank board governance is having a once in a generation moment
Something is shifting in Indian banking, and most of the commentary has missed the point. Over the last eighteen months, boardroom tensions at more than one private sector bank have…
The man who gave Modi Bengal: How Sunil Bansal cracked the last citadel
Counting halls have their own unique atmosphere. On 4 May 2026, in Kolkata, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s mood was one of confirmation rather than surprise. Throughout the morning, the vote…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi effect: Breaking the mental blocks in Bihar
A 15-year-old from North Bihar has done what economists struggle to model and policymakers struggle to engineer. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has walked into the recent edition of Indian Premier League (IPL)…