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Market Reckoning

The Indian middle class has witnessed a financial revolution in recent years. Encouraged by a booming stock market, low-cost digital platforms, and aggressive financial influencers, millions of households have moved their savings from traditional bank deposits to equities.

Tariff Chaos

The recent back-and-forth on tariffs imposed by the US on Canadian and Mexican goods underscores the unpredictability of President Donald Trump’s trade policies.

Curse of Capitalism

Capitalism, the ‘saviour of the free world,’ was touted as an economic paradigm that incentivised effort, encouraged barter and most crucially, brought power back into the deserving hands of the masses of regular, hard-working people.

Can Nato remain relevant?

The ongoing dilemma surrounding Nato’s expanding portfolio of tasks has intensified under the Trump 2.0 administration which increasingly exposes an inner tension regarding the financial burdens associated with the alliance.

Being Busy

You are busier than the chairman of the country’s largest corporation so saddled you are with giant responsibilities. By saying that, you expect perhaps to gain importance in others’ eyes. What you gain is the comical image of a self-important busybody

What has Rahul gained from yatra?  

Rahul's strategists initially suggested a less strenuous bus tour. But he chose to undergo hardship, like walking thousands of kilometers with blisters on his feet and knee pain, sleeping in a caravan, and roughing it out.

The sublime work of BV Doshi  

Prof. Doshi's work occupies a seminal position in the iconic works of modern architecture. Though he worked with Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn, both towering and influential architects of the modern movement in architecture, his work has an inventive quality that does not conform to any particular style and strikes a deep personal connect with the people inhabiting them and their culture.

Pakistan’s people are expendable pawns

There is certainly a lot of money going around in Pakistan, and those who benefit most from illicit means are the ones who sell us tales of law and security even as they completely fail to protect the lives of innocents. There will come a day when the people of Peshawar and other long-suffering war zones will hold them to account.