Hormuz disruption

Hormuz disruption and the rising risk to sea trade

The Hormuz disruption that followed the Iran war shows how fragile global trade is when chokepoints are weaponised. Read more »
delimitation

Delimitation math behind Lok Sabha expansion falls short

The delimitation plan that entails a 50% Lok Sabha expansion could worsen representation disparities across states. #LokSabha #delimitation Read more »
supply chains

From supply chains to systems: India’s path to global influence

Economic power is increasingly shaped by integrated systems of supply chains, institutions, and networks and India’s long term advantage will rest on aligning these layers into a globally embedded architecture. #economy Read more »
renewable energy output

India’s renewable energy push hides distributional costs

India’s renewable energy surge masks land, labour and equity costs that policy has yet to address. Read more »
AT1 bond

AT1 bonds return to haunt India’s banking system

The Credit Suisse AT1 bond episode shows how weak disclosure and poor suitability checks can hurt investors. #AT1bond #banking Read more »
Corporate governance challenges

Corporate governance and sustainability need individual commitment

Corporate governance fails when incentives reward evasion and make honesty harder for firms and managers. Read more »
women’s reservation bill fails parliamentary hurdle

Women’s reservation fails its latest political test

Parliament backs the idea, but disagreement over delimitation blocks implementation of women's reservation again. Read more »
Jan Vishwas Bill:

Jan Vishwas Bill: Easing compliance, diluting accountability?

The Jan Vishwas Bill shifts health regulation from courts to administrators, and enforcement capacity will be its real test. #JanVishwasBill Read more »
Aadhaar authentication failures

Aadhaar authentication failures trigger an invisible exclusion crisis

Aadhaar authentication failures affect over 20 million Indians each month, yet this problem remains invisible in policy design. #Aadhar Read more »
decentralisation lessons from iran war

What Iran’s resilience reveals about decentralisation, collective action

Decentralised systems can endure only when sustained by a larger sense of meaning, but the meaning itself must remain alive through debate and the possibility of disagreement. Read more »