Indian Political Debate

The Union Budget 2026 arrives at a delicate economic moment. Global growth remains uneven, geopolitical risks persist, and domestic aspirations for faster development coexist with

Budgets often celebrate absolute increases—“the highest-ever allocation” to this or that sector. But what truly reveals a government’s priorities is not how much spending rises

From lock-in to first install: how India built a social operating system Abstract In Part 1, I argued that caste is not “eternal culture” so

India loves national stories: one GDP number, one growth rate, one “India is rising” headline. But electorally—and economically—that’s a convenient fiction. Because 17 states with

West Bengal’s elections increasingly look less like a straight contest of manifestos and more like a contest over what the election is about. Whoever decides

India’s rupee isn’t falling because the economy is “failing.” In fact, the headline growth story has been robust—GDP grew 8.2% year-on-year in the July–September 2025