Is Gold Wealth?

The Economic Times newspaper published an article entitled $2.4 Trillion Worth of Gold! India’s Household Hoard is 6x Pakistan’s Economy. Indian households hold an estimated 25,000 tons of gold worth $2.4 trillion—nearly six times Pakistan’s GDP and greater than Italy’s economy. Despite monetization challenges, high prices and strong demand keep gold central to Indian wealth. […]

Will these Big 4 Drivers Power India’s Economy?

Of late there are lots of economic falsehoods being spread around about India’s economy by the Modi government, and it’s lapdog media. The first one being India becomes the fourth-largest economy of the world, overtaking Japan, and the second is its extreme poverty rate declining to 5.3% after the World Bank raised its poverty line […]

How to Resolve the Kashmir Conflict?

The Pahalgam terror attacks in Kashmir, India, has again brought the Kashmir conflict in front of the world. The nation states of India and Pakistan are on the brink of a hot war again. Both these states are nuclear powers, and any nuclear war between them will not only devastate the local region of South […]

On Ranveer Allahabadia and the Freedom of Speech

The recent issue surrounding content creator Ranveer Allahbadia, aka BeerBiceps, has raised a crucial question about the limits of expression in the Indian society. After a controversial comment on one of his YouTube episodes of India’s Got Latent, Allahbadia is now at the center of a social media storm. The internet is demanding an apology […]

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 […]