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From rally to rout: Why India’s equity market continues to bleed

03-11-2026

vvTwo years ago, the Sensex fired to an impressive 85,000 for the first time, but since then the market has been in a steep and prolonged decline. What seemed like a roaring bull market around September 2024 soon lost the momentum and plunged around 16 percent to hit a low of 71,425 in April 2025 as Donald Trump’s trade flip-flops and other factors dampened sentiment.
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Oscar Wilde’s words, wit and wisdom in these wild times

03-11-2026

An Irish professor friend of mine, who teaches Archaic English Literature at the University of Dublin, wrote to me a week ago and said that the world seems to be evincing a renewed interest in Oscar Wilde’s works, wit and wisdom. British universities call it the 4Ws: Wilde, Works, Wit and Wisdom. This is indeed happening. Leading Indian English dailies are also regularly explaining and elucidating Wilde’s wildly witty aphorisms and quotes.

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Why Britain opted for an unwritten constitution and India did not

02-11-2026

Every thinking and politically aware person would wonder how Britain manages with an unwritten constitution when India and the USA with their written ones are often having heated debates over the true import of the key and contentious provisions of the Constitution. Britain does not have a single written or codified constitution because it has never experienced a "momentous development"—such as a violent revolution, total collapse of government
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American tech needs a trusted second home — India can earn it

02-11-2026

In complex technology procurement, I have learnt a lesson textbook economics rarely captures: the largest buyer is not always the most powerful player. When a company depends on a single specialised supplier for a critical component, its scale becomes a liability rather than leverage. The more it buys, the more it stands to lose if that supplier falters. I call this the Monopsony Paradox.

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What Israel’s elections mean to the region, the world, and India

31-10-2026

Israel’s general elections this week have delivered a paralysing political deadlock; a situation that could forever impact the region — and the rest of the world. At the time of writing this piece, with nearly 97% of votes counted no political faction has secured the 61 seats required to form a majority in the 120-seat Knesset, or the Parliament of Israel.

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Taxation should treat the non-profit sector as a partner in development

31-10-2026

The Charitable Bargain: Reforming India's Tax Framework for Non-Profits India's growth story is often measured through economic expansion, infrastructure creation and technological advancement. Yet, many of its most meaningful social transformations have been driven by non-profit organisations (NPOs) that bridge the gap between policy and grassroots realities.

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What can force Beijing to rethink its calculus on AP?

30-10-2026

Less than one-and-a-half months after Xi Jinping visited India for BRICS Summit, speaking against the backdrop of efforts to stabilise relations between Asia’s two largest nations, Chinese and Indian troops were reported to be facing off at several locations along the disputed Himalayan frontier in Arunachal Pradesh.

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Religious tourism in India and its cost to the environment

30-10-2026

Religious tourism has not only blurred the line between pilgrimage and leisure travel, but it is also taking a heavy toll on the environment. A significant percentage of the tourist traffic that prompted the Supreme Court to recommend ‘tourism carrying capacity’ studies in Himachal Pradesh is directed towards religious sites.

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BJP’s RS choices show the UP battle has already begun

29-10-2026

The BJP’s decision to field eight new faces for the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh is best understood not as a routine exercise in filling vacancies in the Upper House but as an early intervention in the political battle for the 2027 Assembly elections. The composition of the list makes the party’s priorities unmistakable: caste, region, gender, and organisational loyalty have all been factored into a single electoral calculation.

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Duty cut not warranted on gold, pulses, edible oil imports

29-10-2026

Traders of three different commodity groups representing gold, pulses, and edible oils are currently lobbying the government for reduction or abolition of import duty. New Delhi should not succumb to lobby pressure, as there is no merit in their demand. Let’s see how.

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Sky is not the limit; it’s a start of a race for digital control

28-10-2026

Elon Musk says Starlink “would help the least served in India, especially in rural areas”. He is probably right. A most fragmented village or town could get the same connection as an office in a metro city. But the debate in Delhi, over spectrum, price, and security, misses the larger shift his satellites represent. The sky just above us is being divided between two powers, and every country will soon be asked to pick a side.
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Beyond the barricades: Jantar Mantar, our window to cosmos

28-10-2026

Long before it became a venue for protest, Jaisingh’s observatory, Jantar Mantar, reminds us that—whatever may be our stand on the agitation—we all share one pale blue dot and one sky. Jantar Mantar in the heart of Delhi, which has served as a dynamic venue for agitations—protests, rallies, and campaigns on social and political—is once again in the news, making global headlines.