500 years of a West dominated world order has achieved much in terms of improved standards of living. But it has also created some existential threats to humanity such as climate change, nuclear proliferation, pandemic and terrorism. Unless a new paradigm and a new world order emerge, humanity...
We all know how the license/permit raj was a hindrance to India's development. Perhaps it is not fully recognised how it was a product of faulty economics based on Professor Lionel Robbins view that economics is about allocating the given productive resources. What was forgotten is that the le...
The western civilisation through a combination of breakthrough in science and technology and revolution in social, political and economic organisations has achieved a quantum leap in human development. Today we have resources for meeting total needs (though not wants) of all human beings. Unfo...
Over the last six years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has initiated more than a hundred schemes aimed at improving the ease of living of the common man - in particular the last man in the queue. These schemes are very different in orientation from what has been envisaged in the last seventy ye...
It is clear that China is a hegemonic power which wants to dominate Asia in the near future and the world later on. If China succeeds in its programme, India will effectively lose its sovereignty and that is simply not acceptable to the Indian government and its people. India jointly with othe...
On July 15, 2015, while launching the ‘Skill India’ initiative in New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “Note my words, in the coming decades the workforce requirements of the world will be fulfilled only by India...We need to map the human resource requirement not only for India but a...
The Prime Minister’s recent emphasis on ‘Making for the World’ is a step forward in the ‘Make in India’ programme and making India a major manufacturing hub of the world.This brings India’s trade policy close to that of the success stories of East Asia such as South Korea and China. It a...
In the good old tradition of Bharatbarsha, the focus was always on performing one’s duty rather than wresting one’s rights. In fact, the word Dharma (which is often wrongly translated as religion) is almost equivalent to duty. Duty for all segments of society - from teachers to rulers (raj dharm...
China’s atrocities in Ladakh have been costly for India in terms of the loss of lives of Indian soldiers. The cost of the resultant Indian military movement has also been high. However, this unfortunate episode may have some important benefits for India. India needs to learn the right lesson...
The meaning of the Indian centuryThe Prime Minister has put forth the goal of making the 21st century India’s. In the usual discourse, this would imply India surpassing the current super-powers, US and China. That in the current geopolitical atmosphere may invite disruptive actions by the cu...