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The Two Indias of Brain Disease A Critical Look · Health & Society in India The Two Indias of Brain Disease: How Ignorance, Class, and Silence Are Failing a Billion People Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, epilepsy and stroke are far more common in India than most people realise. What separates a manageable illness from a devastating one […]
The Silent Merger: How Two Conglomerates and One Government Became Indistinguishable Opinion · Political Economy The Silent Merger: How Two Conglomerates and One Government Became Indistinguishable No individuals, companies, or parties are named here. The pattern in the public record speaks for itself. There is a story India’s institutions tell about themselves: an independent judiciary, […]
Gold, Grievance, and Gambles Analysis Gold, Grievance, and Gambles: Is Washington Gambling Away the Dollar’s Advantage? A critical look at the numbers behind the “de-dollarization” narrative — and at the political overreach that is feeding it. The thesis, stated plainly There is a real story underneath the viral social-media version of “China is dumping treasuries […]
Three Numbers, One Economy Economic Affairs & Statistics Desk 4 September 2026 THE LEDGER Economy & Policy ReviewSouth Asia Edition Economics · India · Analysis Three Numbers, One Economy: What India’s 7.8% GDP Growth Is Actually Hiding Pick a growth rate, and you can tell three completely different stories about the Indian economy in 2026. […]
Behind the Stalls of Knit Show 2026: Tiruppur’s Sustainability Ecosystem Media for Climate Change · Tiruppur Workshop Series · Part 4 of 4 Behind the Stalls of Knit Show 2026: The Fabric Makers, Machine Builders and Recyclers Powering Tiruppur’s Sustainability Push If the panel rooms made the case for Tiruppur’s decarbonisation in numbers, the Knit […]
It’s Not the Machines, It’s the Marketing: Tiruppur’s Branding Problem Media for Climate Change · Tiruppur Workshop Series · Part 3 of 4 It’s Not the Machines, It’s the Marketing: Why Tiruppur’s Sustainability Story Isn’t Reaching the World — and How Blockchain and a Fashion Week Could Fix That A cluster that treats 130 million […]
Surat, Ludhiana, Kolkata, Take Note: The Tiruppur Playbook Every Textile Cluster Needs Media for Climate Change · Tiruppur Workshop Series · Part 2 of 4 Surat, Ludhiana, Kolkata, Take Note: The Tiruppur Playbook Every Textile Cluster Will Need Before Sustainability Stops Being a Slogan and Becomes a Mandate Tiruppur’s decarbonisation lead wasn’t planned foresight so […]
Inside Tiruppur’s Green Gamble: The INR 46,000-Crore Knitwear Capital’s Climate Story Media for Climate Change · Tiruppur Workshop Series · Part 1 of 4 Inside Tiruppur’s Green Gamble: The INR 46,000-Crore Knitwear Capital Betting Its Future on Zero Liquid Discharge, Solar Surplus and a Seat at the World’s Sustainability Table A two-day media workshop took […]
The Cockroaches Rise: A Critical Look at India’s Gen Z Uprising Against Modi’s Government The Cockroaches Rise: A Critical Look at India’s Gen Z Uprising Against Modi’s Government How a Supreme Court insult turned into the biggest street challenge to Narendra Modi in twelve years Introduction In the summer of 2026, a strange word began […]
When C. Joseph Vijay was sworn in as Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister on 10 May 2026, it wasn’t just a change of face — it was the first time since 1967 that a non-Dravidian party had led the state, ending nearly six decades of DMK–AIADMK dominance. That alone made the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government […]
