Features

The Wealth of Well-Being

Ashish Kumar

India should use its G20 presidency to help develop an index that complements GDP and better estimates a country’s economic health

Ben Bernanke: The Experimenter

Madhavankutty Pillai

The new Nobel laureate in economics kept the system afloat when investment banks collapsed in 2008

Justice Chandrachud’s Challenge

Rajeev Deshpande

Striking a balance between competing interests and interpreting the law on the basis of the Constitution will serve the best interests of the court and the nation. Justice Chandrachud is well-versed in the Constitution. Upholding its provisions and true spirit in the face of exaggerated expectations will define his tenure

A formidable strategist of caste mobilization

Rajeev Deshpande

Projecting himself as the leader of numerous Other Backward Castes, he forged together a powerful Muslim-Yadav alliance

Separatism has no traction, Shah signals in J-K rallies

Rajeev Deshpande

By attacking “Gupkar” parties, home minister is saying days of “internationalizing” Kashmir, Pak factor are over

Polar Ambition

Rajeev Deshpande

A new Russia-NATO rivalry in the Arctic requires India to balance its interests for securing key strategic goals

5G: Future Continuous

Anil Padmanabhan

The official launch of 5G in India brings with it an economic boon and a regulatory challenge

An Epic Return to the Cholas

Nanditha Krishna

Kalki’s novel has impacted Tamil culture over the past 70 years. It created ‘Tamil pride’ in the all-conquering Cholas who conquered the north by land and Southeast Asia by sea. It has become a point of reference for the perfect novel, illustrated and interspersed with history, yet fascinating as a romance