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AI is turning search engines into thought drivers in mutual rivalry Upstarts like Perplexity and Arc Search are challenging Google with the help of AI that enables them to function as ‘thought engines’ which do much more than spout weblinks.

The FM’s poll perplexity: Is success a function of financial resources? Campaign finance in India has never been anything but opaque, despite reform attempts. How can we ensure this isn't an entry barrier restricting a field that must be kept open to all?

Rupee at all-time low ahead of polls but no debate shows political maturity There’s compelling data indicating successive governments have allowed the RBI to manage the rupee without much interference.

Kejriwal’s case: Foreign governments must respect India’s sovereignty It’s understandable that India’s government was displeased by US comments. It was interference in our internal affairs. The Delhi CM’s case is for Indians to follow.

A shrunken world of schools will impact India’s future leadership While the number of schools and their resources have expanded, the physical and social world around them has shrunk. The exposure afforded even by elite schooling in India must widen to inspire optimism on outcomes.

Piketty’s wealth tax is an idea that just can’t work Hurun’s global list of billionaires and a study on Indian inequality have revived interest in Piketty’s proposal of a wealth tax. This is an idea whose time hasn’t come—and might never.

Cocoa price surge: Bitter for makers and a missed chance for Indian investors It is a reminder that India needs to allow its commodity futures market to develop and grow

T.M. Krishna stir: The world of Carnatic music needs to open up further Carnatic musician T.M. Krishna’s decision to accept an award from the Madras Music Academy got traditionalists all worked up as he’s been an establishment critic and some of his fans miffed for appearing to get so easily...

AI could drive up the neutral rate of interest in an economy The notion that lending rates fall over time has no basis in theory. A great wave of AI-led investment could leave the world short of savings.

The 16th Finance Commission faces some daunting challenges The Commission confronts some challenging issues in the shorter-than-usual tenure it has got. It will have to balance centralization and subsidiarity needs while ensuring that local governments are well funded in accordance with sound...

The TVS Group’s nuclear family pact is path-breaking The agreement among four members of Venu Srinivasan’s family through an MoU helps pre-empt any legal wrangle over their family business. That its path for a smooth succession includes intangible assets would make it worthy of emulation by others.

Behaviour guru Kahneman's embrace of the irrational enriched rational investors The academic work of Daniel Kahneman (1934—2024) yielded the field of Behavioural Economics. His legacy grants us insights into investor behaviour and much else of value.

Transparency in poll funding could lead to a national clean-up Let’s aim for transparent funding trails and reduced influence of money on poll outcomes.

We must not let poverty of thought stop India from tracking deprivation So long as we can define a cut-off for poverty, we can measure it, and its validity does not require data trackers to be kept frozen.

AI-augmented web search is at our fingertips already Don’t just search, but seek. Despite the apparent lead taken by some AI search tools, this is a race that’s still wide open.

March Madness: America’s sports gambling boom is a worry Oddly, it’s easier to bet on a sports game than a stock in America. Tech enablers have whet the US appetite for irrational risk-taking.

Arguments against deploying DPI don’t really hold up Critics have opposed it on semantic and techo-solutionist grounds but the idea is modular by design, with democratic principles embedded in the stack’s foundational layers. It’s better than its alternatives.

China’s clean-tech success isn’t entirely because of statist policy It’s not a story of easy money and state subsidies as much as a tale of capitalism working well to direct resources. Unlike real estate, clean-tech in China isn’t overleveraged.

Ten reasons why Piketty’s paper gets it wrong on inequality in India His latest paper with three co-authors falls short on the data-driven rigour needed to make claims of increasing inequality.

Food and fertilizer subsidies should be climate-adapted and aimed better Retain the budget outlay on these subsidies but redirect them towards organic fertilizers and millets. That will favour the planet and our people.