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The Quint’s editor-in-chief Raghav Bahl speaks on business, politics and policies.
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How the *@#$ Will AI Change Our World? 5 Questions That Could Redefine Humanity | The Quint
In Part 2 of his provocative AI series, Raghav Bahl continues his stream-of-consciousness dive into the post-AI world. After asking *“What the @#$ is...
Part 1: What The *@#$ is AI? Why in Hell is it Taking My Job! | Raghav's Take | The Quint
In this episode of Raghav’s Take, we dive into the chaotic, fascinating world of Artificial Intelligence and how it’s reshaping everything we know. Fr...
Why India's Goldilocks Economy is Trapped in 'Invisible Spectrum' of (Un)Reforms | The Quint
India’s macroeconomy looks strong: low inflation, falling fiscal deficit, record capex, booming stock markets. Yet private investment and consumption...
Reimagine GST 2.0, Don’t Let Excesses Return Via Backdoor | Raghav’s Take | The Quint
India's GST is critiqued as a 'loser' using the ludicrous example of popcorn, which was earlier taxed at three different rates: 5%, 12%, and 18%. This...
Overawed by Trump? No, India’s Got Its Own Success to Build On: Raghav's Take | The Quint
India and America have never had a simple relationship - moving from supplicants to adversaries, and finally, strategic partners. But with Donald Trum...
Dealing With Trump: Bide-Your-Timers Vs Provoked-Innocents | The Quint
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Obama Exposed Pakistan’s Treachery, Cemented US–India Ties | America-India-Pakistan | The Quint
Barack Obama’s presidency reshaped South Asia’s geopolitics. From exposing Pakistan’s duplicity on bin Laden and nukes to backing India for a permanen...
India "Deeply Loved" George Bush Jr For Ending Her Nuclear Isolation |America-India-Pakistan (Part6)
In Part 6 of the special "America-India-Pakistan" series, Raghav Bahl dives into the transformative role played by President George Bush Jr in reshapi...
US-India-Pak: Bill Clinton Raps Pak Knuckles; India Loves That Crunching Sound! | The Quint
In Part 5 of the series, Raghav Bahl delves into how after the Cold War ended, India and America went from estranged democracies to strategic partners...
America, India & Pakistan: Nuclear Race and Afghan Jihad Era (1977–92) | Cold War PART 4 | The Quint
Part 4 of Raghav Bahl’s riveting historical series on the triangular relationship between America, India, and Pakistan dives into the high-stakes Cold...
Why Nixon Backed Pakistan & Hated Indira Gandhi | A Cold War Chapter That Shaped South Asia | PART 3
Why did Richard Nixon favour Pakistan while Indira Gandhi stood firm on India’s sovereignty? This video dives deep into a forgotten Cold War chapter w...
When President Johnson Held Back Food Aid to Humiliate Indira Gandhi | PART 2 of Cold War Series
In Part 2 of our Cold War mini-series on the US-India-Pakistan triangle, we explore how Pakistan won over the Kennedy White House while India struggle...
US, India & Pakistan: Power Games in the Truman–Eisenhower Era | Part 1 | The Quint
America’s foreign policy towards India and Pakistan has shifted since the 1940s, often influenced by global politics and the personalities of US presi...
Three Tragedies, One Question: What Do Pahalgam, RCB Stampede & Air India Crash Say About Life?
In this thought‑provoking video by Raghav Bahl, we explore three devastating incidents — the Pahalgam terror attack, the RCB fan‑stampede, and the Air...
India's Dollar Bond Revival: Trump's Mar-a-Lago Accord Explained | The Quint
In this episode of Raghav's Take we discuss how President Trump's Mar-a-Lago Accord could pave the way for India to reintroduce its sovereign dollar b...
'My Personal American Diary Through 60 Years of India-Pakistan Wars': Raghav's Take | The Quint
This video traces India-Pakistan conflicts from 1965 to 2025 through personal memories and shifting US policies. From American support for Pakistan in...
The Rise of the Digital Euro: Trump's Role Explained | The Quint
In this episode of Raghav's Take, we break down how Trump's Executive Order 14178 which was meant to roll back the U.S. digital dollar—may have handed...
Trump's Digital Dollar Ban: A Strategic Misstep? | EO 14178 Explained | The Quint
In this video, we delve into President Trump's Executive Order 14178, which halts the development of a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). We e...
War Scare, Market Flare: What Pahalgam Taught Investors Before Peace Returned | The Quint
After a brief but intense escalation near Pahalgam, India and Pakistan have pulled back with a ceasefire now in effect. But the Indian stock markets r...
Donald Trump and the 'Exorbitant' Fairy Tale of the American Dollar | The Quint
The American dollar is at a fatal crossroad. Will it die or will it have an angelic revival? Raghav Bahl answers.
For decades, the US dollar rul...
America Can Copy China’s Policies, But Americans Can Never Clone Chinese Workers
Raghav's Take: Donald Trump loves to talk about taking a tough stance on China. From tariffs to trade wars, the US has tried to mirror Beijing’s econo...
Just Like Nixon, Trump is Making China Great Again! | The Quint
In the 1970s, Richard Nixon paved the way for China’s economic rise by making a strategic alliance with the country. Fast forward to 2025, and now Don...
Will India Do Better Or Worse Under ‘Centrists’ Biden & Harris?
The Democratic National Convention (DNC) nominated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for the November elections in a uniquely spectacular manner. The fact t...
Budget 2020: Despite ‘Fixing’, ESOP Remains A Much-Abused Acronym
India taxes ESOPs, ie employees stock options, harshly, very harshly. Let me give you a quick history lesson.
When I founded TV...
Budget 2020: Don’t Give Tax & Fiscal Cuts — Just Give Us ‘TRUST’
It’s a familiar cacophony. Cut taxes. Invert the inverted duty structure. Control the fiscal deficit. Be honest about your arithmetic. Abolish equity...
Terrific Reforms, But Beware of ‘BABU-JAAL’ — Bureaucratic Cobwebs
For over five years, I’ve criticised ‘state creep’ on Prime Minister Modi’s watch. This tendency hit a crescendo on 5 July 2019, when the second Modi...
Let’s Not Waste a Good Maharashtra Political Crisis
The Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress coalition in Maharashtra is perhaps the second most ‘unthinkable’ political alliance in India, next only to the most i...
Dear PM Modi: Crack This Quiz & Fix the Economy
India’s economy today can be described by a four-letter word. Oh c’mon, it’s not what you are thinking… Even the sarkari (government-owned) State Bank...
Soaring Markets & Slowdown Caused by Lingering Confusion in Policy
Coal output crashes by over 20 percent. Overall, eight core sectors lose a stunning 5.2 percent year-on-year over September 2018, contracting to an 8-...
Why I Call Maha, Haryana Polls ‘Juggernaut-Stoppers’: 6 Takeaways
I know that adjectives like “milestone”, “game changer” and “watershed” are frequently used after polls that throw up contrarian, unexpected results....
PMC Scam: Shameful to Promise Just Rs 1 Lakh Insurance to Victims
The PMC Bank scam was more audacious than any Bonnie and Clyde heist. A high-living father-son duo, Rakesh and Sarang Wadhawan, had 44 bank accounts i...
Dear FM, Here Are 3 Tax Cuts the Common People Would Welcome More
Finally. Finally! The Modi government has acknowledged the futility of trying to pump prime India’s GDP by ever-escalating government expenditure, whi...
India’s Best Post-Brexit Bet is the “Zombie” Commonwealth!
As tensions mount in sadda, aapro, aamchi (ie, “our” in what the Brits would have once called “three dialects of the natives”) London, how should Indi...
RIP Dear Arun Jaitley Ji, My Tribute to an Exceptional Schoolmate
Raghav Bahl pays tribute to former finance minister Arun Jaitley, recalling his meetings with his exceptional Xaverian schoolmate, who always greeted...
A Navratri (Nine-Point) Economic Re-Boot for a ‘Puritan’ Modi
In Prime Minister Modi’s unexpected, stirring commendation of “wealth creators” – most tellingly, by using popular English terminology, instead of con...
What I Wish PM Modi Had Said But Didn’t In Independence Day Speech
Main jaanta hoon ki aaj desh ek aarthik mandhi main hai; lekin main 130 crore desh vaasiyon ko yeh vishwaas deta hoon ki hum jald hi isko aarthik josh...
The Diary of An Unfortunate Indian Entrepreneur
As always, the strapping 40-year-old swept into his corner room in a Gift City high-rise with the practised, breezy “I love Monday morning” air from h...
Measuring Modi-Shah’s Kashmir Gamble on Mandate, Method & Morality
11:15 am, 5 August 2019. I stood stunned and immersed in a time-lapse video as Home Minister Amit Shah read out the Resolution abolishing Article 370...
India Should Muster the Nerve to Go Ahead & Launch Sovereign Bonds
India’s forex reserves are nearly $430 bn and growing. If we can’t muster the stomach to raise $10 billion in the overseas market, let’s just quit. Ra...
Maulana Azad, the ‘Default’ Political Visionary of Elections 2019
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad made a default entry in India’s savagely polarised polls of 2019. Because the irrepressible Shatrughan Sinha made an awful fau...