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India’s True Leverage Is Economic, Not Geopolitical
A war it didn't start is costing India dearly. But history suggests the economy always finds its next engine of growth — and it may already be accelerating.
The Next Layer Of Transit: India’s Air Taxi Era Takes Shape
Electric Vertical Take‑Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft are battery‑powered and crude‑independent, and could reshape urban and regional transport.
India’s Silence On Trump's Iran Threats Undermines Its Global South Role
It is strange leadership of the Global South for India to stay mute when the leader of the most powerful nation on earth threatens a fellow developing country with annihilation.
The Two-Year Trap: Why India’s Highways Are Getting Stalled
Three packages. 912 km. No bids. Timelines are strangling India’s tweaked public-private toll model, which no contractor can meet and no lender will finance.
Auto Production Under Watch; Price Hikes Loom As War Hits FY27 Forecasts
FY26 ended on a high, but FY27 faces rising car prices, war-driven supply chain stress, and gas shortages in production that could cap the auto sector's growth trajectory.
West Asia Conflict Threatens To Stifle India’s Nascent Capex Cycle
As India's private capital expenditure revival attempts to take off, it faces several challenges, including the war in West Asia and an uneven domestic consumption story.
India’s Energy Mirage: The High Cost Of Artificial Prices
While the government has selectively raised prices on higher-octane petrol, jet fuel, and commercial gas cylinders, the broader consumer market for oil and gas remains heavily shielded.
An ‘Ending’ in Iran That Lifts Oil Prices And Exposes India’s Gas Illusions
The government continues to maintain that there is no cooking gas shortage in India, but ground reports show otherwise.
India Can Make Any Drug. What Will It Take to Invent a First-in-Class Molecule?
The industry that flooded the world with semaglutide on the same day it went generic has yet to invent a first-in-class drug that sells globally.
Law Firms Won’t Solve HDFC Bank’s ‘Governance Plus’ Issues
While HDFC Bank received a clean chit from the Reserve Bank of India after Atanu Chakraborty’s resignation and has gotten external law firms to oversee its governance standards, it may not be enough.
Rental Hurdles, Structural Gaps Stand Amid Govt’s Aggressive PNG Push
India’s mandated PNG shift faces a test as the West Asia gas crisis collides with entrenched rental hurdles, critical capex bottlenecks, and deep psychological barriers.
India’s Energy Reckoning In The Age Of AI
India cannot afford to funnel scarce electricity to hyperscale AI platforms while significant swaths of the country are forced to return to burning firewood to cook.
