Essays

Introduction Bengaluru has reached the limit of the number of vehicles its roads can accommodate. Funding for infrastructure remains questionable even as the city works, in fits and starts, to improve its sidewalks and public transport. People still come to India’s Silicon Valley for opportunity but increasingly, participating in that opportunity means owning a vehicle. […]

Introduction Bengaluru is the fastest-growing tech hub in the world, and it also ranks third globally for the worst traffic. So where does the Karnataka government actually direct its budget? Toward traffic relief, toward tech hubs, or toward its people? Roads are repaved again and again, each time with lower quality than the last, and […]

A Month That Should Have Set Off AlarmsTake a close look at the events that took place in May and June of 2026, as they offer the clearest evidence to date that India’s inflation problem is accelerating rather than being gradual. For the first time in this CPI series, the headline CPI rose from 3.93% […]

Introduction India has a penchant for promoting itself as one of the fastest growing large economies in the world. Ironically, those who cultivate the crops that sustain the economy are among the most underpaid workers in the nation. This report addresses a systemic problem in the Indian agricultural market. That is, the disparity between the […]