Soft Power Through Solidarity: India’s AIDS Diplomacy Potential
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Namibia recently, on his way back from the G20 summit in Brazil, he was received warmly, and awarded the country’s highest civilian honour.
TK Arun
TK Arun is a Senior Journalist and Columnist based in Delhi.
While Trump Wrecks, China Builds Chips
US president Donald Trump continued to swing his wrecking ball at the world trading system. He has said that he would impose a tariff of 30% on Mexico and the European Union, and 35% on some goods from Canada. He has threatened loyal Asian allies South Korea and Japan with a duty of 25%. On pharmaceuticals, he has promised an import duty of 200%
Jane Street’s India Signal: Redirect Risk Toward Venture Capital
Sebi recently found that Wall Street financial firm Jane Street Capital had manipulated the cash and forward markets, fleeced hapless Indian investors, and made millions of dollars. For many, this would evoke images of the Wolf of Wall Street, howling Greed is Good, rebirth of the East India Company, and finance capital, rising and shimmering, shapeless and threatening, from Lenin’s tract on imperialism.
English Without Privilege: Towards Linguistic Equality in India
Union Home Minister Amit Shah's statement that a day would come when those who speak in English would hang their heads in shame has met with the predictable responses pointing out English's utility as an essential link language, within India and for the globalizing world, as the language of knowledge acquisition, and as a competitive edge for India over China. Some have pointed out that English is no longer a foreign tongue; Indians have evolved an Indian version of English that is all our own.
Reassessing India’s Inequality: Evaluating the World Bank’s Claim
This article reassesses inequality in India by critically evaluating the world bank's recent claim using consumption data, Gini coefficients, and Lorenz analysis.
India’s Research & Development Crisis: Why Innovation Needs Investment, Not Loans
TK Arun The government’s new Research, Development and Innovation scheme is half-hearted hope masquerading as policy. True, it talks big money: Rs 1 trillion, for private sector R&D, which, at present, is vanishingly small, and certainly needs a policy-induced boost.…