#240 Peering Into the Future

Prediction Time
—RSJ
In a year when countries as diverse as India, the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, Taiwan, Pakistan and Pal...

#239 Of Screws and Racquets

Happy New Year
— RSJ
Happy 2024, dear readers! 
We hope 2023 was good for all of you. If it wasn’t, we are glad that it’s behind you...

#238 Everything's Connected

India Policy Watch #1: Like a Kid in a Candy Store
Insights on current policy issues in India
— Pranay Kotasthane
In the previous ed...

#237 Looking Under the Hood

Course Advertisement: Admission to Takshashila’s Graduate Certificate in Public Policy (GCPP) programme is now open. Start your 2024 with a course tha...

#235 Right Diagnosis, Wrong Prescription

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#221 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

#220 (China+1) Or (1-China)?

#219 Of Sins, Bets, and Bluffs

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#218 TechTalk

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#217 False Hopes and Weak Promises

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#216 Thick and Fast

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#215 Of Openings and Possibilities

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#214 The Stakes are High

Financial Regulation of Private Firms + Emigration of Indian Talent

#213 The Mind Plays Tricks

India Watch #1: Of Protests and Perfect Tricks
Insights on issues relevant to India
— RSJ
For nearly a month now, some of India's to...

#212 Myths & Misconceptions

Being Pragmatic about ESG Norms, Lessons for India's Semiconductor Strategy, and Challenging Common Wisdom about India's Constitution-making.

#211 Of Motives and Presumptions

India Policy Watch #1: Silly Season Is Upon Us
Insights on issues relevant to India
— RSJ
Late on Friday this week, the RBI issued a...

#210 Metastability

Global Policy Watch: Much Ado About De-dollarisation
Reflections on global policy issues
— RSJ
This week, Donald Trump urged Republi...

#209 Of New Beginnings and Old Grouses

Global Policy Watch: Chronicle Of A Crisis Foretold
Reflections on global policy issues
— RSJ
A major state election (Karnataka)...

#208 Go Shape the Molten Metal Now*

India Policy Watch #1: How Not to Let the Opportunity Slip Away
Insights on issues relevant to India
— RSJ
A strange thing happens...

#207 The Rise and Rise of Conglomerates

India Policy Watch #1: Don’t Concentrate
Insights on issues relevant to India
— RSJ
In one of the recent editions on the Hindenburg...

#206 Those Immutable Laws

India Policy Watch: Those Mind Games
Insights on issues relevant to India
— RSJ
Regular readers might have noticed the absence of po...

#205 Doodh Ka Doodh, Paani Ka Paani

Global Policy Watch: Bailout Pe Bailout Pe Bailout
Insights on global policy issues relevant to India
— RSJ
Where do I start this we...

#204 The Distant Roll Of Thunder

Global Policy Watch: Accident Ho Gaya
Insights on global policy issues relevant to India
— RSJ
I must admit there are times when I h...

#203 Economic Growth and Voter Preferences

India Policy Watch #1: Why We Don’t Care About Growth
Insights on burning policy issues in India
— RSJ
Earlier this week, Pranay and...

#201 Blocking out the Sun

India Policy Watch #1: What Do Successive Defence Budgets Reveal?
Insights on burning policy issues in India
— Pranay Kotasthane
(An...

#202 The Debt of the Future

India Policy Watch: Passing the Burden
Insights on burning policy issues in India
— Pranay Kotasthane
As Wilson’s Matrix tells us, c...

#200 The Stories We Choose to Believe

We turn 200 editions old today. It has been fun. Thank you for giving us your time. You can do without another self-congratulatory mail in your inbox....

#199 A New Deal?

India Policy Watch: Our Week With Adani
Insights on current policy issues in India
- RSJ
That was an eventful week in India. In the...

#198 How To Build In India?

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Now curl up...

#197 Everything for Everyone All At Once

India Policy Watch #1: Fertility 2.0
Insights on current policy issues in India
— RSJ
First, the good news. 
“India may have a...

#196 Roving Bandits

Predictions: 2023
—RSJ
As promised last week, let’s get going with some predictions for 2023. Pranay likes to keep them very specific (for...

#195 Missing In Action Is Here

Wishing You a Great 2023
Others might begin the new year with resolutions, but we prefer excuses. Last year, we wrote only 42 editions. There wa...

#194 The e₹ is in Town

Programming Note: A lighter edition this weekend because life happened of late-night football, missed flights, and several other things. Also, we will...

#193 No Country For Young Men?

India Policy Watch #1: Winning The Long Game
Insights on current policy issues in India
— RSJ
Many moons ago I sat down for lunch...

#192 From Local to Global

India Policy Watch: State Capacity, the Smart Parking Edition
Insights on domestic policy issues
— Pranay Kotasthane
Public policy i...

#191 #TwitterMustDie?

Global Policy Watch: Tu Cheez Badi Hai Musk, Musk (umm, sorry)
Insights on global policy issues
— RSJ
One of the great problems of...

#190 Hubris Leads to Downfall

Global Policy Watch #1: FinTech Manoeuvres
Insights on global issues relevant to India
— RSJ
One of our favourite topics to talk abo...

#189 Strange Are The Ways Of Democracy

India Policy Watch #1: Ganesh Ji & Lakshmi Ji To The Rescue  
Insights on domestic policy issues
— RSJ
Sometime last week, this n...

#187 Seek Not To Alter Me

Programming Note: We will be on a short ‘writing’ break. Normal service will resume from Oct 29.
Global Policy Watch: When Traditional Instituti...

#186 Of Magnitude and Littleness*

India Policy Watch #1: The Anatomy of Decentralisation
Insights on topical policy issues in India
— Pranay Kotasthane
The human-made...