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
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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…
From Biden to Sunak: Global Dissatisfaction with Political Elites
Politics around the world is evolving in ways that both leaders and analysts are finding difficult to assess and respond to. Politicians are scrambling to sustain support as new entrants make inroads into constituencies that have lost faith in the established order. It is in this melee of the old and the new that the grammar of today's politics is charting a course of its own. Globally, the political elites have never seemed so out of touch as they seem today, unable to respond to the challenge from their streets.
Uniting Against Internal Challenges: Strengthening the SCO’s Role in Regional Stability
As the SCO expands its agenda and welcomes new members, deep-seated contradictions threaten its efficacy. Can an organisation that purports to fight terrorism effectively do so with members who engage in it?
Labour’s Landslide Victory in the UK: Implications for British and Indian Relations
As far as India is concerned although not much change in UK’s focus on Indian opportunity is likely given the strategic and historic nature of relationship, certain issues would need to be watched, writes World Affairs Columnist and former Diplomat Anil Trigunayat.
Astana SCO Summit: Evaluating India’s Strategic Gains and Diplomatic Leverage
For the first time since 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not attend the SCO summit meeting, held July 3-4 in Kazakhstan, ostensibly due to the ongoing parliamentary session. However, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was there to articulate India’s position and interests.