Giving wings to India’s youth

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India’s growth story has always been written by its Shram Shakti, or labour power. There has been a remarkable arc in India’s economic progress over the past 11 years, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership. India has risen from the world’s 10th largest economy in 2014 to the fourth largest today. It has carved out … Read more

Letters to The Editor — September 1, 2025

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An opportunity for India? U.S. President Donald Trump made tariffs the centrepiece of his “America First” agenda. In an interesting twist, however, a U.S. appeals court has ruled that his sweeping global duties went beyond presidential powers (Front page, August 31). For America, tariffs have raised billions but also pushed up prices, rattled markets and … Read more

India’s economic churn and the nectar of growth

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Indian civilisation has long believed that trial precedes triumph. Like the churning of the ocean, Samudra Manthan, where turbulence yielded nectar, our economic churns have always produced renewal. From the crisis of 1991 came liberalisation and from the COVID-19 pandemic came a digital surge. And, today, from the cacophony of doubters calling India a “dead … Read more

Renewed focus: On India-Japan ties  

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On the first leg of his tour East, Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled to Japan for a two-day visit for the 15th Annual Summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba before moving to Tianjin to attend the SCO Summit. The last summit, in India, was in 2022. The two sides issued at least a dozen … Read more

Ukraine as a battle between America and Washington

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The outcome of the Alaska summit, on August 15, 2025, was not the product of a diplomatic contest between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, or the United States and Russia, or the U.S. and Europe. Neither was the outcome of talks that Mr. Trump held with European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The biggest … Read more

Recurrent irritant: On funds and research in India

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Time is of the essence in science. The report that 75 women selected for the Department of Biotechnology’s Biocare programme have received neither sanction letters nor salaries is reminiscent of an irksome and persistent malaise in India’s research administration. Young researchers already contend with scant laboratory space, cumbersome university bureaucracies, labyrinthine grant applications, uneven mentorship … Read more

Motorcycle diaries – The Hindu

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The everywhere vehicle. | Photo Credit: Getty Images For enthusiasts, the motorcycle is a piece of art in motion. There is nothing more exhilarating than a motorcycle ride with the wind rushing through your hair as you zip through traffic, like the twists and turns in a crime thriller. So, when I see hundreds of … Read more