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India at 80 must envision growth a bit differently

Rajeev Narayan India celebrates its 80th Independence Day on August 15, 2026. We have travelled a remarkable distance since 1947, but progress is more than military strength, infrastructure or economic growth. It is about the quality of life we create, the ideas we nurture and the society we build. On this milestone, the harder question may also be the more important one: Are we building the India we should? That India has grown is und...

Indians live longer but without financial preparedness

Rajeev Narayan India has added years to life, but not security to those years. As people live longer than ever before, retirement is quietly becoming India’s biggest financial and social challenge. It was once the final chapter of a career. Today, it may well be the longest chapter of life – and its most uncertain. On the first working day of every month, crores of Indian parents perform the same quiet ritual. Before the ne...

Ajit Doval motivates youth, keeps spotlight off himself

Rajeev Narayan When Ajit Doval spoke after receiving the Lokmanya Tilak National Award 2026, he did not dwell on the milestones that make him such an acclaimed Indian intelligence and security professional. Instead, he spoke of the 'window of opportunity' India enjoys today; urged the youth to work towards building a stronger nation. His words were characteristically understated, coming from a man who has spent six decades safeguar...

Ironically, online lies is a profitable business

Rajeev Narayan Fake news is no longer merely a social nuisance; it has evolved into a dark but profitable industry where algorithms, artificial intelligence and human psychology combine to monetise debauchery on an unprecedented scale. There was a time when seeing was believing. A photograph was evidence. A video clip was proof. A recorded voice settled an argument. Not anymore. Today, every image can be manipulated, every v...

Ironically, online lies is a profitable business

Rajeev Narayan Fake news is no longer merely a social nuisance; it has evolved into a dark but profitable industry where algorithms, artificial intelligence and human psychology combine to monetise debauchery on an unprecedented scale. There was a time when seeing was believing. A photograph was evidence. A video clip was proof. A recorded voice settled an argument. Not anymore. Today, every image can be manipulated, every voice cloned...

Should India follow France in banning social media for kids

Rajeev Narayan France’s move to ban social media for children under 15 reflects a global shift. For India, the question is no longer about technology – it is about protecting childhood itself. The crucial point is no longer whether children should use technology; it is whether algorithms should shape young minds before children develop the judgment to question what they see online. For two decades, the world celebrate...

India offers trust and growth amid global geopolitical challenges

Rajeev Narayan Trade is no longer about markets alone. It is about trust too. As geopolitical fault lines redraw the global economic map, nations that inspire confidence – not just competitiveness – will shape the next era of prosperity. For India, this may very well be the defining economic opportunity of the 21st Century. India is among the world’s fastest-growing major economies, with the IMF projecting growth of o...

Is poor preparedness fading the charm of Indian Monsoon?

Rajeev Narayan There was a time when the arrival of the monsoons in India was announced not by mobile alerts or flashing TV tickers, but by the inimitable fragrance of wet earth. It was a season woven into India’s collective memory. Children floated paper boats through overflowing roadside drains. Families gathered with cups of steaming tea and plates of pakodas. Farmers looked skywards with gratitude. Rivers brimmed with life, reser...

Indians investing overseas in pursuit of dollars

Rajeev Narayan About $29 billion in overseas remittances, 6-7 per cent in Fixed Deposit gains, 8-per cent equity returns and 15-plus per cent foreign tech profits. India’s investors are chasing global dollar opportunities as the rupee faces sustained pressure and over 20 crore demat accounts reshape the financial landscape. Unmistakably, the Indian investor is going global. From retail investors in Mumbai to large corporate treas...

India at AI crossroads

Rajeev Narayan The world’s latest battle may have unfolded in the United States, but its echoes are being heard globally, including in India. When the Trump administration recently cornered AI firm Anthropic over its advanced ‘Frontier AI’ system, the move signalled a confrontation deeper than a dispute between a government and a tech firm. It underlined a new reality, that Artificial Intelligence is not merely a technolo...

Will the Iran-US thaw open routes for the Indian economy?

Rajeev Narayan Quietly, the map of the world is being redrawn. It is not being done through conquest or wars. It is not even being done through ideology. It is being done through economics, trade, currencies, markets and ports. Across deserts, oceans and rail tracks in Europe, in the Gulf and in Central Asia, a contest is unfolding, one that may define the balance of power more than armies or missiles can. Nations are racing not to grab te...

Unifying power of FIFA World Cup in a fragmented world

Rajeev Narayan The world seldom pauses anymore. Wars rage across continents. Trade tensions disrupt economies. Political polarisation fractures societies. Online media showcases outrage and division every minute. Each new day brings in its tail fresh reasons for anxiety, uncertainty and distrust. Yet, every four years, a remarkable event arrives and cuts out the noise. The FIFA World Cup does not merely attract attention; it commands it. F...

Indian economy is too strong to be rattled by seasonal storms

Rajeev Narayan There are moments in the life of every rising nation when noise threatens to overwhelm perspective. Markets fall. Currencies weaken. Headlines darken. Commentators predict collapse. Social media amplifies anxiety. Suddenly, a slowdown becomes a crisis, and a correction becomes a catastrophe. In the process, a narrative of decline can take hold, often moving faster than the underlying facts themselves. India finds itself ...

"AI-Generated fake news in India: A wake-up call for AI safety and ethics

Rajeev Narayan India recently woke up one morning to discover that an AI-generated fake video of a prominent political leader had gone viral before sunrise, spread across crores of screens, weaponised by anonymous accounts and consumed as truth. The clip was fabricated. The outrage was real. People took to the streets, forcing traffic to a standstill. Government vehicles and machinery were vandalised. Hundreds were injured and hospitalised...

The Melodi moment in Rome carried heavy geopolitical messaging

Rajeev Narayan This week, the world watched a humble toffee become geopolitics. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with a packet of India’s iconic Melody candies during his visit to Rome, social media erupted instantly. Memes flooded timelines. The now-popular ‘Melodi’ moniker – the Internet’s fusion of Melonyi and Modi – suddenly acquired a...

A war in West Asia and a golden pause in India

Rajeev Narayan There are moments in a nation’s journey when economics ceases to be the preserve of policymakers and enters everyday life. Not through taxation or regulation, but through collective choices – what citizens buy, consume, import and conserve. Or postpone buying in the national interest. We debate this aspect today, a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Indians to avoid excessive gold purchases, limit non-...

India is writing rules of new world order based on non-alignment

Rajeev Narayan India is no longer navigating the global order; It is rewriting its rules. For long, New Delhi’s foreign policy was caricatured as hesitant, overly cautious and trapped in the moral fog of Cold War-era non-alignment. Western capitals often viewed India as a fence-sitting power – unwilling to commit, reluctant to offend and attempting diplomatic yoga between rival blocs. Today, that same ambiguity is beginning...

Three likely scenarios emerging from the West Asia crisis

Rajeev Narayan At its narrowest, the Strait of Hormuz is barely 34 kilometres wide. Yet through this slender corridor flows a fifth of the world’s oil, a volume so vast that even a temporary disruption can send shockwaves across the globe. Today, as tensions involving the United States, Israel, and Iran oscillate between escalation and restraint, the strait has become more than a geographic feature. It has turned into a barometer of ...

Iran's unprecedented toll on Hormuz passage will impact oil prices

Rajeev Narayan Wars often turn on their head and go against the pre-conceived outcome, perhaps because they are scripted in assumptions but remembered for the surprises they throw up. The US-Israel conflict with Iran, raging since late February with the expectation of a quick outcome in favour of the United States, is a testament to this dictum, having birthed a complex oil hiccup. Even as diplomatic talks continue and falter in equal meas...

How India can deal with energy crisis caused by West Asia Crisis

Rajeev Narayan The world has seen oil shocks before. But few in recent memory have travelled as quickly from distant battlefields to our kitchens and petrol stations. It is a gathering storm. The current crisis began far from India’s shores, with escalating military confrontation in West Asia between the United States-Israel axis and Iran. The consequences have been immediate. Iran’s threats and on-ground attacks on shippi...

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