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Beyond Signatures

India’s recent trade diplomacy has produced an unusual paradox. New Delhi is negotiating or concluding trade agreements with a range of partners even as questions persist about what earlier agreements have actually delivered.

Beyond Hormuz

The geopolitical shock created by the Iran conflict is forcing countries far beyond West Asia to confront an uncomfortable reality: energy security can no longer be built around a single region, a single route or a single set of political assumptions.

Years of Grace

It was in 1982 that Dr Grace McCann Morley was bestowed the prestigious Padma Bhushan Award by the Government of India for her stellar contributions to the establishment of the National Museum in New Delhi.

Last Bastion Crumbling ~ I

A few months before his demise in 2012, CK Chandrappan, CPI Kerala State Secretary, called me ~ I was at the time a member of the Kerala Public Service Commission ~ to the MN Memorial Building in Thiruvananthapuram to discuss an urgent matter.

Uneven Growth

India today stands at a moment that appears enviable on paper. Economic expansion remains among the fastest in the world, inflation is contained, public finances are under watch, and the country is approaching historic milestones in overall output.

Certainty at Risk

A recent Supreme Court judgment on the taxation of a high-profile foreign investment exit has reopened an old and uncomfortable debate in India’s economic journey: how far can sovereign tax authority stretch before it begins to undermine investor confidence.