Opinion

The National Statistics Office’s latest report for the July–September 2025 quarter has reignited a debate over what India's economic data truly reveals. At first glance, the picture seems radiant. India recorded 8.2% real GDP growth— the highest in six quarters and well above the IMF's...

Conventional thinking from mainstream economists travelling down to the average citizen has it that GDP growth is desirable and good – the higher the better. India now reports high growth, with the last announcement giving a surprisingly robust GDP growth of 8.2%. But the nation...

The post-neoliberal consensus is here, but don't look for it in US President Donald Trump's policies. After a decade of backlash, it is time to accept not only that neoliberalism is dead but also that a new consensus is taking its place. Remarkably, significant segments...

By Melvin Durai Lionel Messi is considered the greatest football player of this era, so it shouldn’t be surprising that his three-day visit to India created more commotion than a visit from the Pope. It was billed as the GOAT Tour and fans in four...

By Emmanuel Macron   It has been ten years since COP21 in Paris, where 195 states made a historic commitment to work together to keep the long-term rise in global temperatures well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature...

By Nikunja Bihari Sahu The national capital on Sunday woke up to a thick layer of smog, with air quality lingering in the 'severe' category.’ The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) recorded the Air Quality Index (AQI) at 462 in the morning. All 40 monitoring...

By Jan-Werner Mueller We have become so accustomed to aspiring auto crats attacking universities that we hardly ever stop to ask why. But pushing back against authoritarians requires understanding their motivations and strategies. University leaders, in particular, ought to be better prepared to coordinate resistance...

By Malay Mishra President Putin came to India to attend the 23rd India-Russia bilateral summit with a heavy Ukraine baggage. He had just finished his marathon meeting with US Special Envoy Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Kushner in Moscow when he came calling to Delhi for...

By DK Giri US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Allison Hooker’s visit to India from 7-11 December, day after Russian President Putin left raised the antenna of observers of India-America bilateralism. The purpose and timing of her visit could be interpreted in two...

By Nalinikanta Dhar The Indian rupee slipped to a historic low against the US dollar on December 4, 2025, breaching the psychologically significant level of `90 per dollar. The speed of this depreciation has sparked intense concern and debate among policymakers, businesses, and investors. While...