Indian economy

Self-Reliance in a Brave New World

Siddharth Singh

China hardly buys anything while it sells everything to India. No prime minister, least al all Narendra Modi, could ignore the consequences of this skewed trade pattern

Homemade

Lhendup G Bhutia

From Reliance Jio’s Made-in-India 5G plan to the recent boom in desi apps and PPE manufacturing, Indian industry gets ready for a swadeshi turn

The Inward Gaze

Madhavankutty Pillai

The evolution of self-reliance from Gandhi’s village ideal to Modi’s national vision

A Nationalist before Nationalism

Siddharth Singh

The political evolution of Dadabhai Naoroji

The Politics of Healing

Siddharth Singh

The extension of free food for another five months promises to help not just poor labourers but industry and agriculture as well

The Debt to Narasimha Rao

TP Sreenivasan

Whether he is honoured with the title or not, he is a Bharat Ratna

Tentative Steps

Siddharth Singh

India is in a tight spot but there are signs of hope as the economy reopens

Shaktikanta Das: The Restorer

Siddharth Singh

Shaktikanta Das has brought the ‘banking is boring’ respectability back to the Reserve Bank of India

Breaking Free

PR Ramesh + Ullekh NP + Siddharth Singh

A radical shift in India's economic evolution

Modi’s Immunity Booster

PR Ramesh and Siddharth Singh

India seized upon the pandemic as an opportunity to initiate difficult economic and legal reforms while ensuring delivery of money and essentials to the poor. Is this a new beginning in governance?