India will have to fend for itself by taking innovative measures like China is already doing. Time is of the essence.

The US is the most unequal society in terms of income and wealth distribution among its peers in the developed world, but we have seen this happen in India too.

The official narrative pretends to be oblivious of such deeper problems and continues to be in self-congratulatory mode.

The apparently contaminated laddus of Tirupati was clearly  a local governance failure of the temple authorities. But for some reason it assumed a communal colour at the national level.

The government has allowed her to go about her business as if nothing has happened. This state of affairs cannot persist for long.

There are several key state elections coming up and this persistent and large discrepancy between votes polled and counted will remain a big trust issue.

If a member of the SEBI board has now clarified, even if anonymously, that Buch had not recused herself from the investigation when the Supreme Court directed the Board to probe Hindenburg’s original allegations, then there is little doubt left that she was hiding this from the public and markets alike.

President of the Editors Guild, Anant Nath, talks about how multiple laws brought by the Modi government are clearly aimed at controlling the media and freedom of expression.

India cannot be insulated from any global meltdown in financial assets although it can claim to be relatively more immune from the global liquidity virus simply because it is not so integrated with global finance capital  via a fully convertible capital account.

Yamini Aiyar says there is a need to organically manage the transition from informal to formal economy, from agriculture to industry, from rural to urban sector.

'A simple calculation of 7% GDP growth until 2047 makes it clear we won't get there.'

Discerning an impact of the Congress manifesto in NDA 3.0’s budget, Congress' Praveen Chakravarty said imitation is the best form of flattery.

Labour economist Santosh Mehrotra says the RBI-sponsored research showing a big surge in employment in recent years, including during COVID-19 years, has no credibility.

Joblessness has peaked in India during the the BJP-led regime, whatever his spin doctors might argue.

While Naidu may be tempted to seek revenge against his predecessor who sent him to jail, he must not forget that he is merely playing a pawn's role in Modi-Shah's playbook of divide and rule politics.

Sanjay Kumar's analysis estimating the vote share of different parties has very interesting revelations.

Even if the NDA returns to power, 2024 has shown that things will never be the same again for Narendra Modi.

Suddenly, real issues such as unemployment and back-breaking inflation which seemed buried deep in the crevices of the Hindutva consciousness are coming back with a vengeance.

To use the prime minister’s metaphor, the real “mangalsutra” transfer is clearly a result of structural policy changes. We can't forget the mishandling of events like demonetisation and the Covid epidemic.

Yogendra Yadav says many in the Hindi belt who voted Modi in 2014 and 2019 say they won't vote BJP this time but seem overwhelmed by the narrative of "Ayega to Modi hi".