Category Archives: Commentary

Modi’s Budget Bluffs

I want to quickly comment on the recent budget of Modi’s third term government.  Firstly, government’s budget gets way too much attention than what it should ideally get. This is just a proposed budget, the actual budget will be different. Government’s daily policy actions have more impact on the economy than the budget e.g., Modi’s […]

On India, USA, and the H1B Visa

There is a raging debate going on between the patriot Americans from elected president Donald Trump’s MAGA (Make America Great Again) party and his appointed DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) members, billionaire Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. The debate is over the issue of legal migration by mainly Indians using the H1B visa program. The […]

On Kerala vs. New Delhi

Ministry of External Affairs

Recently the state of Kerala has appointed its minister of external affairs (secretary in charge of matters concerning “external cooperation”, similar to the Secretary of State position in America. This would be like Texas appointing its own, instead of only the Federal government doing it from D.C.). This move has irked the union government in […]

Indian Constitution and Elections

The state assembly elections of Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, and some of the by-poll elections are over in India and the results are out. In 2023 more state assembly elections in states like Madhya Pradesh etc., are going to be conducted. Not a year passes by in India when some or the other election is not […]

Is Dollar Responsible for Rupee’s Weakness?

The amazing Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is trying very hard to somehow defend the abysmal economic performance of her government. As I have mentioned in my past writings, the Indian rupee will continue to slide because of the crazy money printing sprees by the Indian central bank RBI, and RBI is forced to print […]