12 December, 2025
THE STARK REALITY OF EDUCATIONAL COSTS IN INDIA
Despite a constitutional guarantee of free education, India’s schooling system imposes heavy—often crippling—financial costs on families. Private schooling has grown rapidly, and private coaching has become a parallel, expensive system.
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11 December, 2025
IS INDIA’S 8.2% GROWTH RATE SUSTAINABLE?
India’s economy is showing muscle (high growth) but its institutional bones (statistics, labour markets, states’ capacities, export structure) remain weak.
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9 December, 2025
HOW CAN INDIA BENEFIT FROM NEUROTECHNOLOGY?
Neurotechnology refers to mechanical or digital systems that connect directly with the nervous system, allowing us to record, monitor, decode, or influence neural activity.
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8 December, 2025
ROLE OF GRASSLANDS IN INDIA’S CLIMATE RESILIENCE
Grasslands are among India’s most misunderstood ecosystems—long labelled as “wastelands” and subjected to misguided afforestation drives.
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8 December, 2025
EVOLUTION OF INDIA’S BLOCKCHAIN, CRYPTO & WEB3 ECOSYSTEM
India’s Web3 ecosystem is expanding rapidly, backed by strong developer talent and rising global interest. However, regulatory ambiguity and taxation hurdles push startups abroad. With clearer rules, sandboxes and innovation-friendly policies, India can leverage blockchain for governance reforms, financial innovation and global digital leadership.
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6 December, 2025
POLICING IN INDIA
The vision of a future-ready police force for a developed India in 2047 is compelling. But the conference offered no blueprint for achieving it. While the Prime Minister articulates the vision, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and police leadership must deliver:
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5 December, 2025
INDIA’S CYBERCRIME CRISIS CANNOT BE SOLVED BY SURVEILLANCE THEATRICS
India’s cybercrime crisis reflects deeper structural, economic, and governance failures. Surveillance theatrics such as Sanchar Saathi create a false sense of control while eroding citizen trust. A resilient digital India requires legal safeguards, institutional capability, economic opportunity, and transparent governance, not omnipresent digital “guardians”. True security arises from empowerment — not authoritarian oversight.
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4 December, 2025
THE CLIMATE IS BREACHING THE WALL OF URBAN METRICS
Climate change has breached the invisible wall on which current urban metrics rest. As rainfall extremes redefine what constitutes safety, resilience, and viability, India and the world must rethink how cities are assessed. Urban planning must incorporate hydro-ecological realities, granular vulnerability mapping, and climate-responsive design. Without recalibrating our metrics, modernity will remain an illusion—quickly reclaimed by the river, the slope, or the sea.
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3 December, 2025
HOW THE RIVER KOSI’S SHIFTING COURSE EXPOSES THE PERILS OF EMBANKMENTS
The Kosi’s persistent flooding is not merely a natural disaster but a policy-induced vulnerability. Embankments designed to control the river have instead amplified the risks by constraining a dynamic, silt-rich river. A paradigm shift—from flood-control to flood-resilience—is urgently needed. The Kosi insists on one truth: rivers cannot be permanently tamed; they must be understood and accommodated.
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2 December, 2025
WHY INDIA MUST TAKE ITS ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMMES SERIOUSLY
India’s antipoverty programmes are neither charity nor economic liabilities—they are essential investments in human development and productive capacity.
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2 December, 2025
RETHINKING JUDICIAL REFORMS
India’s judiciary is frequently criticised for chronic delays, mounting case backlogs, and the slow pace of disposals. In response, governments often propose structural additions such as fast-track courts (FTCs) or procedural changes aimed at speeding up cases.
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