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From Russia With Love… Putin’s Fog of War

The crux of the conflict is located in Vladimir Putin’s vision of Russia not as it is but as he sees it. The dare has jolted the West out…

Feb 20, 2022

From Russia With Love… Putin’s Fog of War

Feb 20, 2022

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Archaic Laws Criminalise Entrepreneurs

Three decades Licence Raj was dismantled, Inspector Raj persists . Businesses must navigate 26,134 compliances hosting the threat of…

Feb 13, 2022

Archaic Laws Criminalise Entrepreneurs

Feb 13, 2022

‘Liberation Day’ Speech for Donald Trump

Donald J Trump has put the world on notice, threatening to upend the $24-trillion global trade market with reciprocal tariffs. The contours…

Mar 30

‘Liberation Day’ Speech for Donald Trump

Mar 30

Delimitation: Does India Need More MPs?

Indians do need better representation. The question: should it more MPs or more MLAs? States hold the key to governance and prosperity —…

Mar 23

Delimitation: Does India Need More MPs?

Mar 23

The Trump of Unintended Consequences

Trump says he can move market and they are moving but in the wrong direction. It is not only about what he says but when he says what he…

Mar 17

The Trump of Unintended Consequences

Mar 17

Fight House Fallout: Peace Trips on Egos

Once offered a ride Zelenskyy is asked to take a hike. Trump whisperers say make his ego your ally. Macron and Starmer showed how…

Mar 2

Fight House Fallout: Peace Trips on Egos

Mar 2

Market Miasma: Growth Bubbles and Bearish Ides

Everything that fomented hubris is haunted by doubts and every argument is daunted by geopolitics. Nifty futures are in the red, Europe is…

Feb 23

Market Miasma: Growth Bubbles and Bearish Ides

Feb 23

Trumpistan-Global Chaos in Slow Motion

The chaos unleashed by #Trump is unravelling in slow-motion. The collision of notions and nuances, with attendant twists and turns, have…

Feb 16

Trumpistan-Global Chaos in Slow Motion

Feb 16

Trump’s Torrid Tariff Twists and Turns

Divining the mind of DJT is a reality show roiling regimes and markets. Trump has yo-yoed from targeted 60 % tariffs to universal tariffs…

Feb 9

Trump’s Torrid Tariff Twists and Turns

Feb 9

Budget Goes Big, Growth Hinges on Hope

Budget 2025–26 has “gone big”, and pinned its hopes on the private sector with repeated mentions of the middle class to boost growth…

Feb 3

Budget Goes Big, Growth Hinges on Hope

Feb 3

Shankkar Aiyar

Shankkar Aiyar

Journalist-Analyst. Author of ‘Accidental India, ‘Áadhaar: A Biometric History’ and ‘The Gated Republic’. Studying how politics rules the economics of people!

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