Delimitation Debate: South’s Stand is Fair, But Here’s the Larger Picture
With uneven pace of demographic transition, India's demographic dividend will operate over decades; South will need able-bodied talent from North to fill its workforce
TK Arun
TK Arun is a Senior Journalist and Columnist based in Delhi.
Tesla’s Tumult: How Elon Musk’s Politics Are Driving the Company Off Course
Tesla shares are at a five-month low, Tesla showrooms are being vandalized in different parts of the United States, Tesla cybertrucks have been set on fire in Seattle, its sales are down in the US as well as in Europe. That President Trump has bought a Tesla car might seem like good news, consisting of support at the highest level. But that might only serve to worsen Tesla’s fortunes.
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Modi Courts Trump While Keeping India’s Trade Defenses Up
US president Donald Trump would be horrified if told that he is proving Lenin right, but that is what he has been doing in the eight weeks since he assumed office. Obviously, he is not vindicating everything that Lenin said, just the observation that there are decades in which nothing happens and there are weeks in which decades happen. Trump has been making decades happen.
The Social Development Divide In India: Southern states and Delimitation debate
Southern states' population stability stems from social progress, not control measures. Should they be penalised in Parliament seat.
Ukraine-Russia Talks in Saudi Arabia: A Path to Peace or a Political Play?
There is little reason for Russia to agree to a cessation of hostilities, after having suffered much.