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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...

India’s-EU landmark FTA to spur growth, jobs, increase New Delhi's relevance

Rajeev Narayan Typically, history announces itself quietly, but January 27 will be remembered as the day when India decisively altered its economic trajectory. For, on this date in 2026, India and the European Union sealed what Prime Minister Narendra Modi described as the “Mother of All Deals”, the single-largest Free Trade Agreement (FTA) India has ever concluded. Spanning 27 European nations and valued at US $213 billion, th...

India’s destiny calls: Empower, lead & build

Rajeev Narayan/ New Delhi At a pivotal moment, NSA Ajit Doval has called upon the youth to help transform the nation’s historical memory into leadership, strength and national resurgence During moments of national churn, history does not whisper. It confronts. At the Viksit Bharat Young Leaders’ Dialogue, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval chose precisely such a moment to speak to India’s youth, not with comforting ...

In 2026, AI-integration with work will become a norm

Rajeev Narayan Kolhapur, Maharashtra: At a small leather workshop, hands still cut, stitch and polish shoes the way they have for decades. In this ‘factory’, a young apprentice scrolls through his phone, not scouring for entertainment, but checking prices on WhatsApp, tracking an online order routed through a local reseller and watching a short video on how to improve finishing techniques to attract urban buyers. Beng...

Will AI continue to eat away jobs in 2026

Rajeev Narayan Kolhapur, Maharashtra: At a small leather workshop, hands still cut, stitch and polish shoes the way they have for decades. In this ‘factory’, a young apprentice scrolls through his phone, not scouring for entertainment, but checking prices on WhatsApp, tracking an online order routed through a local reseller and watching a short video on how to improve finishing techniques to attract urban buyers. Beng...

India takes giant step to boost nuclear energy

Rajeev Narayan Rajeev Narayan On a recent winter evening in Delhi, far from the glare of protest or polemic, India altered the grammar of its energy future. With a legislation allowing private participation in the long-guarded civil nuclear power sector, Parliament signalled not rupture but readiness…Readiness to rethink how India will power itself through some very demanding decades ahead. There were no dramatic speeches invoki...

iphone and Thar are icons of aspirational India

Rajeev Narayan The middle of the night, outside an Apple store, is not typically associated with India’s shopping culture. Yet, hundreds of young professionals clad in hoodies and clutching coffee cups brave the Delhi or Mumbai weather gods to become the first to claim a new iPhone—they have become a new and recurring Indian tableau. A decade ago, queuing overnight for an iPhone was the stuff of Western pop culture. Today, it i...

SEBI alert against digital on investments is a wake up call

Rajeev Narayan When India’s markets watchdog, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), recently issued a public caution on digital gold, it was done without drama. There was no fiery press conference, no parliamentary echo, no market tantrum. Just a carefully-worded investor alert, pointing to risks in app-driven gold purchases that promise fractional ownership, instant liquidity and dematerialised storage. Yet, in its silence ...

Regulating India’s Gold Rush

Rajeev Narayan When India’s markets watchdog, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), recently issued a public caution on digital gold, it was done without drama. There was no fiery press conference, no parliamentary echo, no market tantrum. Just a carefully-worded investor alert, pointing to risks in app-driven gold purchases that promise fractional ownership, instant liquidity and dematerialised storage. Yet, in its silence ...

India's UPI has ushered in a quiet revolution

Rajeev Narayan India once ran on cash. Today it runs on QR codes, mobile screens and a payments network that moves money faster than most countries move policy. The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has not merely digitised transactions. It has altered financial physics, rerouting money with minimal friction, maximum reach and a simplicity that hides its engineering complexity. UPI’s story is no longer about disruption; it ...

India's UPI has ushered in a quiet revolution

Rajeev Narayan India once ran on cash. Today it runs on QR codes, mobile screens and a payments network that moves money faster than most countries move policy. The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has not merely digitised transactions. It has altered financial physics, rerouting money with minimal friction, maximum reach and a simplicity that hides its engineering complexity. UPI’s story is no longer about disruption; it ...

Diwali is the reason why global headwinds can't touch Indian economy

Rajeev Narayan Come October and November, India undergoes a dramatic transformation. Streets blaze with lights, homes gleam with fresh paint, markets overflow with boisterous buyers, and the economy hums with new energy. Diwali, the festival of lights, is more than just a cultural anchor; it is a significant economic catalyst. Each year, the weeks leading up to Diwali generate a quarter of the nation’s annual retail sales, making thi...

Lights, gold, cars - Diwali is the reason global headwinds don't touch Indian economy

Rajeev Narayan Come October and November, India undergoes a dramatic transformation. Streets blaze with lights, homes gleam with fresh paint, markets overflow with boisterous buyers, and the economy hums with new energy. Diwali, the festival of lights, is more than just a cultural anchor; it is a significant economic catalyst. Each year, the weeks leading up to Diwali generate a quarter of the nation’s annual retail sales, making thi...

India is swimming smoothly against Trump's tariff tide

Rajeev Narayan With intent to beat back economic fires before they get kindled, the Government is stepping in with a slew of measures to revitalise growth and drive up domestic demand. While the most visible and talked-about move has been the recent rationalisation of the GST structure, other strategic initiatives have been launched and have been extremely effective, such as the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme launched in 2021. To...

Swimming against Trump's tariff tide

Rajeev Narayan With intent to beat back economic fires before they get kindled, the Government is stepping in with a slew of measures to revitalise growth and drive up domestic demand. While the most visible and talked-about move has been the recent rationalisation of the GST structure, other strategic initiatives have been launched and have been extremely effective, such as the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme launched in 2021. To...

Is it the end of the American Dream for Indians

Rajeev Narayan When the US government announced a one-time surcharge of $100,000 on new H-1B visa petitions from September 21, many Indians in the United States felt a long-dormant tremor suddenly cracking open the ground beneath them. The move has been presented as a reform, but for the Diaspora, it feels like a rupture in trust. After decades of building lives, contributing to American innovation and raising children who straddle two...

Indian manufacturing pivot steps in to save the day

Rajeev Narayan A year into its third term, Modi 3.0 has outlined strategic plans to bolster manufacturing, a saviour of sorts for the Indian economy at a time when external pulls and the US policy shifts are chaining the services sector down. Within manufacturing, the Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme has become the juggernaut, with “sustainable, high-tech and value-driven” initiatives joining the ranks. The end-goa...

Indian manufacturing pivot steps in to save the day

Rajeev Narayan A year into its third term, Modi 3.0 has outlined strategic plans to bolster manufacturing, a saviour of sorts for the Indian economy at a time when external pulls and the US policy shifts are chaining the services sector down. Within manufacturing, the Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme has become the juggernaut, with “sustainable, high-tech and value-driven” initiatives joining the ranks. The end-goa...

Seven Sisters lead India's high-end online shopping spree

Rajeev Narayan Delhiites might brag about their designer showrooms and Mumbaikars their boutique-lined streets, but when it comes to high-end online shopping, the metros are being upstaged. The real action is in the misty hills of Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, and Meghalaya, where India’s ‘faraway’ shoppers are clicking their way to a retail revolution. From serums to sneakers, the Seven Sisters in India’s North-E...

Seven Sisters fuel the high-end online shopping spree

Rajeev Narayan Delhiites might brag about their designer showrooms and Mumbaikars their boutique-lined streets, but when it comes to high-end online shopping, the metros are being upstaged. The real action is in the misty hills of Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, and Meghalaya, where India’s ‘faraway’ shoppers are clicking their way to a retail revolution. From serums to sneakers, the Seven Sisters in India’s North-E...

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