Base Year Black Magic

How PM Modi gets to celebrate GDP of 7.8% despite plummeting investment, galloping unemployment, a youth insurrection and global uncertainties due to military conflict and tariff wars

Vijay’s Biggest Role Yet: Can He Succeed As CM Of Tamil Nadu?

Whose Civilization Is It, Anyway?

Does China’s Push To Combine Civilization And Science Pose A Challenge For India?

From Village Women To Fearless Journalists: The Khabar Lahariya Story

Can India Build A Culture Of Courage And Accountability?

Celebrate Festivals, Not Controversy

Demographic Burden or Silver Dividend?

Economics measures what older people consume; it mostly ignores what they contribute, which is a perspective that India’s āśrama philosophy captures nicely.

A Life Lived In The Historical Present

Romila Thapar has seen India evolve from an imperial colony into a nation under construction, which is now in a phase of performative destruction. It would have made a lesser intellect cynical, but her life and her work have always kindled hope.

The Barbarians At The Gate