·Global Trade and Geoeconomics
India’s Trade Deals and the New Meaning of Strategic Autonomy
What India’s agreements with the US and EU reveal about power, policy space, and calibrated accommodation
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India Is Asking the Wrong Question About AI
Why India’s AI moment will be decided less by models—and more by how intelligence is applied, governed, and trusted
·Development & State Capacity
Trendspotting 2026: India Cannot App Its Way to Prosperity
Another 50 tech IPOs won’t build a middle class
·Development & State Capacity
Between Jugaad and Destiny: India’s Missing Medium Term
Why a civilisation that thinks in eternity still struggles to plan in decades
·Global Trade and Geoeconomics
Trade Is the New Geopolitics—and India Must Learn to Play It
Why India’s future power will be shaped less by diplomacy and more by trade architecture
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Rivers, Bronzes and the Architecture of Ambition
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A World Without Endgames
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·Development & State Capacity
Test cricket’s second innings
With the right positioning, Test cricket can become a premium cultural product — and a powerful tourism engine. The BCCI is uniquely placed to lead that shift.
·Regulation & Institutions
Understanding the Living Will—Clarity, Autonomy, and Care at the End of Life
Why talking about death early may be the most humane act of care we offer our families—and ourselves
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