by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 6, 2026 | Courses
Aam Aadmi, Khas Identity, What Our Favourite Mango Reveals About Who We Are There is a revealing asymmetry in the way Indians relate to their foods. Dishes inspire loyalty. Recipes inspire argument. Ingredients inspire, at best, preference. But the mango, the aam,...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 6, 2026 | Courses
A Moment of Reckoning for the Opposition, The Bengal Verdict and the Death of Electoral Integrity It is a moment of reckoning for the democratic Opposition. A moment to reflect. A moment to face some harsh truths. A moment to ask some hard questions. Let there be no...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 6, 2026 | Courses
Who Surrendered to the US? That’s Asking the Wrong Question Last week, a major debate erupted over an observation of mine about oil imports from Iran and Russia at a conference in Washington, DC. I was wrong on the facts about Russia because India never stopped...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 6, 2026 | Courses
The Enduring Relevance of Adam Smith, Reconciling Morality and Markets in the 21st Century Adam Smith’s magnum opus, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, considered the foundation stone of modern economics, marked its 250th anniversary...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 6, 2026 | Courses
The Prime Minister’s Broadcast and the Model Code of Conduct, A Test of Electoral Regulation The Model Code of Conduct (MCC), which guides political parties and candidates during elections, was first drafted by the Kerala government in 1960. The Election...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 6, 2026 | Courses
The Bugle Call of the Superstar Outsider, How Vijay’s TVK Shattered Tamil Nadu’s Dravidian Duopoly The DMK, which, according to many pollsters, was set to win comfortably, if not by itself, but at least with the support of its admittedly grumpy alliance...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 6, 2026 | Courses
What the Woman in Worli Tells Us About Our Life, Fury as Citizenship When I saw the video of the woman in Worli shouting at a minister, after a political rally trapped her in traffic as she was trying to collect her child from school, I did not think: How rude. I...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 6, 2026 | Courses
All Isn’t Quiet on the Eastern Front, Why India Must Shift Its Strategic Gaze As we head for the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor next week, we should brace for being inundated by stirring stories of the military performance during those 87 hours. We...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 6, 2026 | Courses
The Enduring Relevance of Adam Smith, Reconciling Morality and Markets in the 21st Century Adam Smith’s magnum opus, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, considered the foundation stone of modern economics, marked its 250th anniversary...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 6, 2026 | Courses
The 2026 Assembly Elections, A Watershed Moment in Indian Federal Politics The NDA’s success in West Bengal and Assam is partly offset by its failure in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The 2026 Assembly elections have produced a complex, multi-polar verdict that defies...
