India Economy
Trump's Tariff Chaos Is Someone's Opportunity. Is India Ready to Claim It?
US tariffs on Indian goods went 26% to 50% to 18% between April 2025 and February 2026. Where India's real opening lies amid the chaos.
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The Rupee at 87: What It Means, What It Doesn't, and What India Actually Needs to Fix
The rupee at 87 is not a crisis — it's managed depreciation by the RBI, not a policy failure. A look at how currencies work and what the alarm gets wrong.
India Economy
Oil Near $108: The Math India's Financial Media Isn't Running
Brent hit $107.97 on March 8 as the Iran war choked the Strait of Hormuz. India imports 89% of its oil; every $10 rise costs roughly $17-18 billion a year.
India Politics
India's Education Blindspot: The Gap Between the IITs and Everyone Else
The IITs admit 17,000 students a year while state universities educate 35 million. India's education story isn't about the top — it's about everyone else,
India Economy
The India-US AI Talent Corridor: A Trillion-Dollar Gap Nobody Is Filling
India graduates 1.5 million engineers a year; America can't hire enough AI talent. Neither has a corridor strategy — and the cost runs into trillions.
India Politics
Five Things Reshaping India's Place in the World — That Most Indians Aren't Talking About
Oil at $110, China's demographic collapse, the India-US AI talent corridor, an unplanned soft power moment, and why the rupee at 87 is not the real problem.