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Book ReviewGovernance

Governance from the Inside: What It Takes to Make Reform Work

A rare insider’s account of governance, revealing the gap between policy design and ground-level execution through the experiences and reflections of senior civil...

ControversyCorruptionGovernance

The Slap, the Road and Delhi’s ₹12,613-Crore Question

9,784 km of roads. A ₹12,613-crore Transport, Roads & Bridges budget. A trail of audit objections and corruption allegations. The Tilak Nagar slap...

Governance

The Backdoor at the Border: India’s Battle for Digital Sovereignty

Neutralizing Foreign Telecom Vulnerabilities & Securing Physical AI The Imperative for Sovereign Runtime Enforcement India’s rapid digital modernization and defense AI integration face...

ANALYSISGovernancePolicy

THE EXTENSION RAJ

From Rajiv Gauba to T. V. Somanathan, the retirement calendar has acquired a new meaning in India’s bureaucracy There was a time when...

ANALYSISGovernancePolicy

CAN MATHEMATICS FIX GOVERNANCE? From Discretion to Disciplined Judgment

How mathematics-based governance can make public decisions more reality-grounded, rights-protecting, risk-aware and accountable India does not lack intelligence, data, constitutional principles, administrative talent...

ANALYSISGovernance

The Grey Tsunami: Is India Prepared to Care for Its Elders?

India is on the verge of a historic demographic transformation. While the country currently has about 15.7 crore people aged 60 and above,...

Governance

Government Schemes Fail at the Last Mile?

India funds large-scale welfare programmes — yet benefits rarely reach the people they’re meant for. India funds large-scale welfare programmes, but audit reports...

ControversyGovernance

Population, Power and the Republic

Why India must resist weighted representation? As India heads toward a historic delimitation exercise, a deeper constitutional struggle is unfolding: should political power...

ANALYSISUrban Environment

Free the Tree

Before the First Rains Fall India is about to plant millions of trees. Most of them will die. As the monsoon draws near...

GovernanceSpecial Report

DPDP: The Agency Law That Puts You in Control of Your Digital Life

India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act is being read as a privacy law. Read as a law about agency, about who controls personal...