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An American negotiator involved in the long-drawn saga of the Indo-US trade deal described India as being “a tough nut to crack”. When it comes to striking a bargain, ensuring that we make a deal of maximum benefit to us, we are indeed a tough nut to crack, being not of peanut size but of…

There is a famous line by an American coach: “We are judged by what we do with what we have.” This idea fits India very well in 2026, because it will be a year when the country starts measuring itself again. One very important measurement is the Census. After a long gap of 15 years,…

Recently, I was at an event where a representative from an organisation advocating for better data stewardship made an impassioned argument: data workers, they said, should have rights over the data they collect. The room nodded along. I felt uneasy. Not because the concern for workers was misplaced, but because the framing felt oddly disconnected…

A man once asked Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, “Give me proof of God. Where does he exist? Show Him to me.” Hazrat Nizamuddin (1238-1325), the saint revered as ‘Mahbub-e-Ilahi’ (Beloved of God), smiled. He asked the man, “Do you have a soul?” “Yes,” the man answered. “Show me the proof. Which part of your body carries…

Imagine being offered Rs 50 lakh just for signing a job contract. Sounds amazing, right? But for senior pilots (called captains) at big airlines like IndiGo or Air India, this is actually happening. Airlines are desperate to hire experienced captains because they don’t have enough of them. Why is this happening? Last year, new rules…

The year 2025 will be remembered as one when India turned global challenges into a catalyst. While trade wars flared and capital flows swung wildly across markets, India quietly rewrote its playbook, leaning on domestic demand, bold reforms and strategic trade moves to keep growth on track. Meanwhile, economic fundamentals improved. Growth firmed, inflation hit…

My Nieman Labs piece (“Google Will Look Beyond Volume Journalism”) sparked a vital debate. Much of the feedback focused on the perceived tension between editorial “soul” and engineering “efficiency.” In this post, I want to argue that the engineering vs. editorial rhetorical horse has been beaten to death; it is time we look at the…

When financial inclusion is discussed at scale, the rhetoric almost always stops at the gateway: access to credit, bank accounts and digital payments. Yet true inclusion in capital markets means moving beyond transactional access to architecting instruments that can actually sit alongside the lived reality of a rural innovator, not force it into an urban…

The White House has published the National Security Strategy (NSS) document of the USA under the signatures of President, Mr. Donald Trump outlining the country’s priority areas in order to safeguard the ‘core national interests’…. Source link

BMI : Never Mind | Body mass index was introduced 200 years ago by Belgian mathematician Lambert Quetelet. It makes no allowance for muscle mass and distribution of fat. Waist-hip ratio is a far better index. BMI is just a waste of time and doesn’t carry any weight in scientific circles. Detox: It’s A Crock | Juice…