Jeffrey Epstein, India, and the Art of Missing the Point The world is once again pretending to be shocked. Jeffrey Epstein is back in the news, and with him, the ritualistic pointing of fingers at anyone who ever shook his hand, boarded a plane, or attended a party where bad decisions were served with […]
India and the United States have announced a India–US trade deal. Cue the noise. Trump said zero tariffs. Twitter heard zero tariffs. WhatsApp University awarded PhDs in zero tariffs. Reality, as usual, is calmer. And smarter. India has not reduced tariffs to zero. That was never the point. What India has done instead is far […]
India’s Union Budget 2026 reads well. In parts, it reads very well. A decisive push on infrastructure. A long-awaited FTA with the European Union. A strategic response to US tariff unpredictability. Healthcare graduating from a social obligation to an economic industry. And a quiet confidence that India, along with China, is now contributing 40%+ of […]
This is historic — not because it’s perfect, but because it proves India is finally playing big-league global economics, not just defensive bilateral skirmishes. And if you read both headlines and history with honest eyes, what’s happening here is a clue about the world I’ve been writing about in India Vision and later in KGism […]
India has hit yet another flashpoint on the UGC Bill 2026 and equity in education. The University Grants Commission’s new Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions Regulations, 2026, aimed at anti-discrimination in higher education, were paused by the Supreme Court, which called them vague and capable of misuse and asked the government to rethink […]
Introduction: This Was Not Just a Strike The US Venezuela crisis 2026 took a sharp and dangerous turn when the United States claimed it had captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flown him out of the country after a military operation. This isn’t diplomacy. This isn’t law enforcement. This isn’t even regime change dressed politely. […]
They Don’t Want You to See the Rot – They Want You to Celebrate a Pause October 8, 2023 → October 8, 2025.Two years. Two lifetimes in Gaza. Two full chapters in the same tragic novel. Hamas is still there. Israel is still there. Gaza is still disputed. The world is acting like someone pressed […]
There was a time when Israel had the sympathy of the world. Holocaust survivors, surrounded by hostile neighbors, a tiny nation fending for its very existence. David is fighting multiple Goliaths at once. That story is dead. Gaza Israel Conflict: From Resistance to Elimination Two years. That’s how long Israel has unleashed relentless war on […]
Yesterday’s meeting at the White House between Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and a lineup of European leaders was… well, productive. Call it improbable, but Trump actually managed to start a peace process. He looked less like the caricature – no bluster, no insults—and more like someone who might, just maybe, know what he’s […]
India’s foreign trade game is heating up — and it’s no longer about padding export numbers. With a looming July 9 deadline for U.S. tariffs, and complex negotiations underway with Saudi Arabia, UAE, Israel, Oman, Qatar, EU, Brazil, Russia, Argentina — it’s all hands on deck. India foreign trade policy is now under unprecedented scrutiny […]