The Architecture of Abundance: Kalpasar – Engineering India’s Water, Wealth and Resilience
The Geography of Possibility A vast expanse of seawater separates two parts of Gujarat, while the land beyond its shores continues to grapple with the challenge of dependable freshwater. This geographical paradox ...
From Two Fronts to One Battlespace: Rethinking India’s Next War
India’s strategic challenge is no longer defined only by geography. The next conflict will be contested simultaneously across land, air, maritime, cyber, electromagnetic, space and information domains. For decades, India's military planning ...
India’s Growth Momentum: From Resilience to Jobs and Investment
India’s growth story remains impressive, but the next phase will be harder than the last. The National Statistical Office’s first advance estimates put real GDP growth at 7.4% in FY2025–26, against 6.5% ...
The Fickle Ways of the Stock Market
The sharp decline in Indian equities on October 8, 2026, erased approximately ₹10 lakh crore from the market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies. Such headlines understandably provoke anxiety, but require interpretation: they describe ...
The Moral Pivot: The Grace of Gratitude
There are some emotions that do not announce themselves. They arrive quietly, sit beside us, and alter the way we see the world. Gratitude is one of them. It does not demand ...
From Hardship to the Podium
The Podium has a Story The podium has a way of making struggle disappear. It is built quietly, patiently, and repeatedly. Under the lights, a medal looks clean, complete and inevitable, as ...
Indian Economy: Resilience, Rebalancing and the Reform Imperative
India enters the second half of FY 2026–27 with a combination of strong headline growth, substantial macroeconomic buffers and a more difficult external environment. Real GDP growth of 7.8% in the first ...
From Boots to Bots
The Battlefield is Moving A soldier on tomorrow’s battlefield may never see the enemy he defeats. A drone may identify a vehicle, a satellite confirm its position, an algorithm nominate the target, ...
Chasing an ideal, Equal Earth needed to Balance the Essentials
Every few years, wisecracking cartographers unveil some new map projection promising to fix how we visualise the world. The Equal Earth projection, introduced in 2018, is the latest attempt to correct the ...
Bhagat Singh: The Revolution Beyond the Gallows
The Face that Refused to Fade Look at the face in the familiar hat: composed eyes, a clipped moustache, a youthful countenance carrying an almost unsettling calm. The face has travelled across ...
UPSC@100: From Merit to Mission
Every year, lakhs of young Indians enter an examination that is far larger than an examination. UPSC represents a pathway from aspiration to public service and a mechanism for identifying citizens entrusted ...
Agnipath 2.0: From Four-Year Recruitment to a National Manpower Architecture
Agnipath at the Crossroads Agnipath was conceived in 2022 to give the Armed Forces a younger, fitter and more technologically adaptable profile. Under the original framework, Agniveers would serve for four years, ...
