Karuna Gopal Vartakavi

Decoding the ‘God Complex’ of George Soros

February 24, 2023

He is someone who managed his public persona well. He architected an image of being a financial wizard, a clairvoyant a philanthropist and a demi god of sorts. He hires his own publicists, grants spontaneous interviews, and aggressively promotes his personal agenda. Comb the internet and voila, articles, interviews, podcasts...

Why the world is watching India’s Budget

February 1, 2023

Today is an important day—not just for India, but for the entire world. Perhaps for the first time in many years, the entire globe will tune in when the Finance Minister of India presents her budget. India has earned a special place in the hearts of global citizens–we tugged at...

When world history can be re-written, why not India’s?

January 14, 2023

Why re-visiting history? Re-writing History mainly serves two purposes – firstly it refreshes our memory of events. The second purpose is perhaps more important. It ‘fills in details’ and addresses the gaps, grey areas existing in the current literature. There is much hue and cry from a section of society...

Harbingers of a New India

December 31, 2022

Many Indians cannot see anything common between Baby Agnes and Kutty Adhilakshmi other than their gender and birth year - both girls were born in 2022. One was born in Meghalaya the other in Tamilnadu. But for a discerning eye and an analytical mind there are many commonalities. Women in...

India and China: The economic decoupling

December 24, 2022

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi and other opposition leaders are peeved with BJP government for refusing to discuss India China border issue ‘Cheen Pe Charcha’ in the parliament. Soon after the Yangtse faceoff between Indian and Chinese forces, there has been a high decibel demand from the opposition for economic...

Rahul’s yatra: Too little, too late for a fragile Congress

November 26, 2022

Just before India’s independence, the Congress party in 1939 faced its first biggest crisis. Subhas Chandra Bose was elected as President of Indian National Congress during the party’s session in Madhya Pradesh’s Tripuri. Bose had won the elections by securing 1580 votes defeating Dr Pattabhi Sitaramayya who managed 1377 votes....

Congress should have begun a ‘party jodo’ yatra

November 25, 2022

Congress, the grand old party, should have planned a “Party Jodo” yatra instead of a Bharat Jodo Yatra. This misstep is just one among many taken by the party. Congress has a new president, a party veteran Mallikarjun Kharge. Rahul Gandhi embarked on his 3,570 km Bharat Jodo Yatra just...

Make in India, Make for World

November 5, 2022

Today’s India is calm and tranquil. India is also fast and ferocious. There is no contradiction here , it’s just that one needs to understand the context. India is no more just the back office of services but has broken the fabricated ceiling to storm into the corner office of...

Why PM Modi’s Net Zero vision is truly viable

October 28, 2022

With COP 27 in Egypt just days away, the topic of climate has again come under the arc lights. In a span of seven years starting from COP 21 in 2015, governments of 823 cities across every continent have made net-zero pledges. It’s not just the governments but the private...

India is unique, consider that in measuring hunger

October 20, 2022

The recent Global Hunger Report 2022 released by Concern Worldwide and Welt Hunger Hilfe was something like a badly directed horror film that ended up being a rib tickler—highly amusing and at times annoying. Soon after the report was made public, the Government of India highlighted its flaws. “The index...

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