Let a thousand IPLs Bloom: India’s Untapped Potential for Sports as a Job-Creating Powerhouse
India needs to look at sports as a giant job-creating, hyper-local economic enterprise
TK Arun
TK Arun is a Senior Journalist and Columnist based in Delhi.
Modern Leadership: The Impact of Palaeolithic Instincts on 21st Century Leader Selection
There's a Stone Age-like preference for leaders who strut tall, talk big, look bold; Biden is being judged not for his policies but for his fumbling at the debate
Orangutans and chimpanzees offer an insight into the public reaction to the recent debate between US presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
No, we are not suggesting any particular resemblance of either candidate to these primates, who still have not come down from the trees, unlike the primates we are more familiar with.
Rather, the point is that some quirks of human character make rational political choice rather difficult.
Beyond Easy Blame: Understanding the Tragedy of the Satsang Stampede
TK Arun When 2.5 lakh people scramble to grab some particles of the dust kicked up by a departing godman’s car, it offers a telling commentary on the state of society. They came to the Satsang (religious gathering) for salvation…
Beyond Accidents: The Call for Institutional Reform in Infrastructure
Infrastructure development is not just about building it. It requires governance standards and political financing benchmarks to evolve.
The AI Ascendancy: Navigating Opportunities and Challenges
TK Arun When the world’s most valuable companies are all AI powerhouses, government and society must prepare to handle ubiquitous AI in all spheres of life. The world’s largest companies by market capitalisation are tech companies, specifically, tech companies that…
Reevaluating India’s Chip-Making Strategy in Light of Huawei’s Success
India must develop R&D and production capability, and fund domestic start-ups, universities to develop technology and gear needed to achieve semicon self-reliance.