Pet Politics and Racial Paranoia: Trump’s Immigrant Myths and Harris’ Missed Opportunities
Harris did not try to educate her voters. She blamed Trump for killing a bipartisan Immigration Bill
TK Arun
TK Arun is a Senior Journalist and Columnist based in Delhi.
Sitaram Yechury: A Leader Who Arrived Too Late
Indian communism was at the crossroads in 1992 when the world changed. If Yechury, the communist who got it, had been given leadership then, Indian politics may have had a different trajectory
Beyond Fiscal Measures: Catastrophe Bonds as a Key to India’s Disaster Recovery Strategy
TK Arun There is a strong case for augmenting the recovery and reconstruction funds with extra-fiscal finance, funds mobilized through risk transfer mechanisms similar to insurance, tapping the risk appetite of investors with large and diverse portfolios of investments, who…
Key Lessons for India from Global Anti-Immigrant Sentiments
Around the rich world, immigration has become a lightning rod for public anger over crime, rising prices and seeming erosion of cultural integrity.
From Adani to SEBI: Congress’ Critique and Impact on India’s Institutional Trust
TK Arun Be it on issues of Ambani, Adani or row over SEBI chief, Congress, while attacking Centre, must be mindful of integrity of nation’s institutions and agencies that drive its prosperity. The Congress party’s recent moves beg the question:…
Nationalist Entrepreneurship and State Resistance: The Rise and Fall of Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company
VO Chidambaram Pillai is not a household name. He comes up rarely in any list of the heroes of India’s freedom movement. He deserves better. From Tuticorin, a coastal town in southern Tamil Nadu, he promoted, raised funds for, and ran, Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company (SSNCo), to take on the might of the British India Steam Navigation Company, and of the British empire itself. And failed. And that failure illustrates what happens if you are the antithesis of the much-reviled crony capitalist.