Tag Archives: India

On the Secularity of the Indian Army and the Impending Danger to the Indian Nation-State

Since the Modi government came to power, it has been trying hard to centralize all powers in its hands. The goal of the Modi government and its ideological backers, RSS, is to change the secular nature of the Indian nation-state and turn it into a religious theocracy like Iran, Afghanistan, or Pakistan. The RSS ideologues […]

Economics and Politics of Maldvies Boycott

Recently the prime minister of India Narendra Modi visited the islands of Lakshwadeep, which is a union territory of India, to bolster his reelection bid in the 2024 Loksabha elections. His visit was strategically designed to pitch Lakshwadeep against ongoing tensions with the newly elected Maldives government, which is more pro-China. Modi government is a […]

India’s Fiscal Problem is a Golden Chance for Modi

Columbia University professor Arvind Panagaria was recently appointed as the head of the 16th Finance Commission. His job is to give suggestions on the way the financial relations between the central and state governments will work in future. The Wire reports (2024),  Arvind Panagariya has been recently appointed as the head of the 16th Finance […]

Will Working 70 Hours a Week Make India Great?

Speaking in a recent interview the founder of IT company Infosys Mr. Narayan Murthy said, “My request is that our youngsters must say ‘This is my country I want to work 70 hours a week’,” he said, adding “this is exactly what Germans and Japanese did after the Second World War.” “I hope our corporate […]

A Libertarian Approach to Solving the Problem of Street Dogs and Stray Cattle in India

Recently in the city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat a billionaire businessman Mr. Parag Desai died due to a brain haemorrhage which was caused by a fall when he was trying to run away from attacking street dogs who were chasing him. Every day in the state of Gujarat and elsewhere in the country hundreds of people […]