Reflections

Left Historians were noseled by Karl Marx and Max Weber who influenced 20th Century Indian intellectualism, academics and historians. Karl Marx two articles in New York Harold Tribune in 1854 and Max Webers religion of Hinduism & Buddhism were their

Trump 2.0: Not a change, a paradigmatic shift

Trump or no Trump, the US economy seems to do what it will anyway. Why? Look at the fundamental strengths of the US as a nation. If Donald Trump’s narrow win shook the United States in 2016, the scale of his victory now has amazed the country in

A Decade of Economic Destruction

After watching the relentless fall of the Indian rupee for 18 months with saintly restraint, Finance Minister P Chidambaram declared on August 12 that he would cut the Current Account Deficit (CAD) — the excess outgo over receipts of foreign exchan

My humble Homage to the great man, Ratan Tata

Ratan Tata my friend whom I admired immensely is no more. My 5 decades of relation with him became more intense during & after globalisation hit Indian industry like a tsunami. Indian businessmen were selling out. I met many of them, but found Ratan

Budget: Economics prevails over politics

The recent collapse of the global supply chains that threatened to integrate the world without borders, have left economists and statesmen bewildered. Over a century ago, British economist Alfred Marshall said economics meant political economy. Wh

June 26, 2024: Golden Jubilee of the Blackest Day

Three generations of Indians who grew later remained illiterates about the very fact of Emergency and about how Constitution ceased to exist and autocracy was institutionalised by it. Rahul Gandhi was waving the Constitution of India as Prime Mini

The choice — the repeat of 2014-24 or throwback to 1989-98?

Modi is the first and only Prime Minister to place before the people a long term vision for the nation and the world—that of a developed India by 2047. There are four main issues in the ensuing elections. One, a government which will be stable f

Modi’s message to West — Democracies too can deliver

From being an intensely hated person, he has become the most admired world leader in just 10 years. Like the US presidential elections, the Indian parliamentary polls too attract the world’s attention. For two reasons. India’s emergence on the

India's Strategic Outlook & its Civilisational Approach

Chairman VIF, Shri S Gurumurthy's keynote address delivered at the VIF as part of the capsule course for serving Naval Officers. (6th February 2024)

S Gurumurthy Enlightens About Bharat's Significance And India's History

Sources revealed that the Centre might introduce a bill in the special parliamentary session from September 18-22 seeking to amend Article 1. Reports on the potential renaming of India's official name as Bharat has sparked a massive controversy be

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