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India's Fintech Speed Meets Mumbai's Infrastructure Gridlock Paradox
UPI runs at fintech speed. Mumbai's traffic runs on its own clock.
India’s 7.8% Growth Is Real, But Who Feels It?
India's 7.8% GDP print sparked a political firestorm, but the deeper question is why growth isn't translating into everyday prosperity.
HDFC Bank's CEO Exit Exposes A Failed Leadership Handoff
HDFC Bank's stock has lagged rivals for years. The CEO's surprise exit reveals a deeper story of lost talent and a faltering succession plan.
Behind India's Gold Loan Boom Lies Rising Household Financial Stress
India’s gold-loan boom is creating opportunities for lenders, but rising pledges of family jewellery may signal growing household financial stress beneath the country’s headline economic growth.
Tata Sons' Next Chair Faces A High-Stakes Balancing Act
As Chandrasekaran exits Tata Sons, his successor must choose between cautious cash preservation and bold bets on semiconductors, EVs, and defense.
E20 Backfires: How India's Ethanol Fumble Accidentally Fueled the EV, CNG Boom
How a fuel policy meant to save foreign exchange ended up saving the EV and CNG market instead
UPI Success Masks India's Larger Economic Inclusion Challenge
UPI hit 23.66 billion transactions in July, but digital access alone isn't economic progress. India needs to switch from the term financial inclusion to economic inclusion.
India’s Education Crisis Demands Imagination Beyond The Exam Factory
Beyond leaked papers and bureaucratic fixes, India's education crisis demands the kind of bold institutional imagination that Ukraine has shown even amid war.
Skyroot's Launch Is A Vote Of Confidence In Private Capital
Skyroot's Vikram-1 makes India the third country to reach orbit via private enterprise, reviving the case for trusting private capital more broadly.
Air India Needs A Captain, Not A Committee
Tata Sons has turned to a committee to run Air India after CEO Campbell Wilson's exit. HUL's decades-long succession culture shows a better way forward.
Mumbai Chases Vanity Projects While Basic Infrastructure Kills
As the monsoon season arrives, predictably intense, though somehow always treated as a surprise by city officials, Mumbai is once again buckling under the weight of misplaced priorities.
From Oil Shocks To Water Limits, Scarcity Must Be The Norm
Oil markets shrug off renewed US-Iran strikes, but India's water crisis exposes the real limits of resilience in an age of permanent scarcity.
