Batteries. Aircraft. AI. Why India still can't build what it needs.

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Batteries. Aircraft. AI. Why India still can't build what it needs.

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Adani Wants India To Build Its Own AI. Here Is What That Would Take.

Adani Wants India To Build Its Own AI. Here Is What That Would Take.

When China Says No: What the Reliance-Hithium Episode Reveals About India's Battery Vulnerability

When China Says No: What the Reliance-Hithium Episode Reveals About India's Battery Vulnerability

Adani-Embraer Deal Raises the Question: What Could HAL Have Been?

Adani-Embraer Deal Raises the Question: What Could HAL Have Been?

Why MSMEs Are Still Waiting For Their Money From Government Buyers Despite Reforms On Delayed Payments

Why MSMEs Are Still Waiting For Their Money From Government Buyers Despite Reforms On Delayed Payments

Politics

Why Does UP’s Recruitment Pipeline Keep Breaking?

Why Does UP’s Recruitment Pipeline Keep Breaking?

Livelihood Versus Robin Hood Of Delhi

Livelihood Versus Robin Hood Of Delhi

Why Tamil Nadu's Hindu Anger Does Not Translate To Votes

Why Tamil Nadu's Hindu Anger Does Not Translate To Votes

Are Bhumihaars Brahmins? Bihar's Identity Crisis Exposes Deep Caste Tensions

Are Bhumihaars Brahmins? Bihar's Identity Crisis Exposes Deep Caste Tensions

World

Nick Fuentes and the Groypers: How Foreign Bots Built America's Anti-Indian Hate Movement

Nick Fuentes and the Groypers: How Foreign Bots Built America's Anti-Indian Hate Movement

How The New York Times Made Dipu Chandra Das's Murder About India

How The New York Times Made Dipu Chandra Das's Murder About India

How Minnesota's Somali Diaspora Scammed $9 Billion From America's Welfare System

How Minnesota's Somali Diaspora Scammed $9 Billion From America's Welfare System

Economy

Military Keynesianism Takes Hold As World Economy Runs Out Of Options

Military Keynesianism Takes Hold As World Economy Runs Out Of Options

Prof. Vidhu Shekhar

India Does Not Lack Tourists. It Just Needs A 1991-Moment For Its Tourism Sector

India Does Not Lack Tourists. It Just Needs A 1991-Moment For Its Tourism Sector

Utkarsh Dewan and Girish MS

Defence

India Is Botching Its Military The Way America Did, Only With Far Deadlier Consequences

India Is Botching Its Military The Way America Did, Only With Far Deadlier Consequences

Affordable Mass: The IAF's Missing Edge Against China

Affordable Mass: The IAF's Missing Edge Against China

Infrastructure

Everything That's Wrong With How India Governs Its Cities — And What It Would Take to Fix It

Everything That's Wrong With How India Governs Its Cities — And What It Would Take to Fix It

Culture

Chasing Michelin Stars: Why Indian Cuisine Has Failed To Conquer The World

Chasing Michelin Stars: Why Indian Cuisine Has Failed To Conquer The World

Forget Macaulay's Minute. Have You Heard Of The 'Madras System' That Shaped British Schooling?

Forget Macaulay's Minute. Have You Heard Of The 'Madras System' That Shaped British Schooling?

Aravindan Neelakandan

Why AR Rahman's Victimhood Narrative Rings Hollow

Why AR Rahman's Victimhood Narrative Rings Hollow

Art Of Convenience: Why Parasakthi Escapes The Scrutiny Dhurandhar Faced

Art Of Convenience: Why Parasakthi Escapes The Scrutiny Dhurandhar Faced

Science

An Institute With No Students: Why India Is Betting On Pure Mathematics Again

An Institute With No Students: Why India Is Betting On Pure Mathematics Again

Indian Universities Are Obsessed With Research Metrics — And Science Might Pay The Price

Indian Universities Are Obsessed With Research Metrics — And Science Might Pay The Price

Books

How Maternal Abuse Shaped Arundhati Roy's War Against India

How Maternal Abuse Shaped Arundhati Roy's War Against India

Bholenath Vishwakarma