India's space startups are building rockets and satellites. The harder problem -- and the one that separates a capable ecosystem from a headline one -- is building the processes that make them work reliably.
If a 50% minimum wage hike is good, why not 500%? Walking through the downstream effects on employers, employment, and prices that well-meaning wage policy tends to ignore.
Why Karamchand and Byomkesh Bakshi -- two of the finest detective serials on Indian television from the 80s and 90s -- still hold up decades later, and what made their storytelling memorable.
A bus driver, a horn, and the honest gap between what the law says and what feels normal when everyone around you is doing the same thing. A short reflection on how behaviour gets shaped.
A difficult week for India's space program when Agni III missed its 3000 km target and INSAT-4C was lost at launch. A short note on what ambitious engineering actually costs when things go wrong.