Clear, evidence-led explanations of the issues shaping India and the world.
Every country reveals its true priorities in the places where cameras do not usually go. Not in the grand summit, not in the airport terminal, not in the investment roadshow, not…
A classroom looks small from the outside. Four walls, a blackboard, benches, a teacher's register, a bell, a timetable and children carrying bags larger than their shoulders. But…
A degree can teach a person how to build a bridge. It cannot guarantee that he will not cut corners in the cement. A management education can teach a person how to maximise profit…
India has developed an almost religious relationship with the score. A number appears on a screen and the family atmosphere changes. A percentile decides whether neighbours congra…
India has hundreds of welfare and development schemes, but poor execution remains a chronic problem. This editorial examines why implementation fails and what structural reforms a…
Every four years, India has the same conversation. An Indian athlete wins a medal, or comes agonisingly close, and for a few days the country erupts in celebration, analysis and r…
India's tourism industry has vast potential to generate millions of jobs, but it remains undervalued. Here's why treating tourism casually is a policy mistake we can't afford in 2…
A democracy without a questioning press is not a democracy. It is a performance of democracy, a staging of the institutional forms, elections, parliaments, constitutions, without…
When the Yamuna floods, politicians speak of acts of God. When cities choke under a blanket of pollution every winter, commentators discuss atmospheric conditions. When groundwate…
The phrase cooperative federalism has been used by every Indian government of recent memory as a description of the relationship it seeks with states. It suggests a partnership be…
India became politically independent in 1947. The question of whether it has achieved intellectual and psychological independence is considerably more complicated, and the honest…
India's economic growth remains incomplete without addressing women's development. This editorial analyses the gaps in gender equity and what policies can close them.
