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Problematics | The business of school

Updated on Jun 29, 2026 04:49 IST

Welcome to Problematics!

Terms of Trade: Can hegemony outside ensure harmony inside?

The BJP, unlike the Congress—the only other party to have had national-level dominance in India—has built its fortunes along with the maturing and deepening of electoral competition in India.

Updated on Jun 26, 2026 10:48 IST

The costs of Alan Greenspan’s great moderation for the US | Number Theory

Former US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan.

Published on Jun 26, 2026 03:32 IST

Regional satraps have gone extinct in India | Number Theory

Congress president and Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge (2nd from left), Congress chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi, TMC chief Mamata Banerjee in New Delhi earlier this month.

Updated on Jun 25, 2026 02:32 IST

Monsoon's progress is bad, but not unprecedented | Number Theory

Girls dance in the rain during monsoon shower in Mumbai.

Published on Jun 24, 2026 02:50 IST

UK continues to count its economic losses, and Prime Ministers | Number Theory

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to the media outside 10 Downing Street to announce his resignation on Monday.

Published on Jun 23, 2026 02:09 IST

Problematics | Pick up sticks

I had long been planning to use the game’s strategy as fodder for a puzzle. And the ideal time is now, the 200th week of Problematics.

Published on Jun 22, 2026 12:57 IST

How good are major states in raising taxes? | Number Theory

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Updated on Jun 22, 2026 09:54 IST

Muslim representation and political parties in India | Number Theory

Muslim representation is disproportionately skewed in pockets with higher population share of Muslims.

Updated on Jun 20, 2026 01:26 IST

A database of India’s Muslim MLAs and MPs - Part 1 | Number Theory

AIMIM president and Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi addresses an event at Makkah Masjid in Hyderabad.

Updated on Jun 18, 2026 02:20 IST

Monsoon report card so far | Number Theory

Fishing boats lie anchored along the Arabian sea coast near Mumbai.

Updated on Jun 17, 2026 01:54 IST

The price of a needless war | Number Theory

Destroyed buildings in Nabatieh, Iran, on June 15.

Updated on Jun 16, 2026 01:37 IST

A recap of the 2011-12 Wholesale Price Index | Number Theory

People shop at a crowded wholesale vegetable market.

Updated on Jun 15, 2026 01:16 IST

Problematics | Fans of Pele and Maradona

Welcome to Problematics!

Published on Jun 15, 2026 01:09 IST

The fault lines in India’s consumer sentiment | Number Theory

India has so far avoided a big shock, either in terms of inflation or growth, on account of the war in West Asia.

Published on Jun 13, 2026 02:04 IST

Terms of Trade: What will it take to rebuild the Left in India?

Meltdown over the existing political situation is often an alibi for not doing the hard work of rejuvenating progressive politics at the grass-roots and maintaining the integrity and ideological clarity required to do so.

Updated on Jun 11, 2026 10:49 IST

The curious case of private health insurance bills | Number Theory

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Updated on Jun 11, 2026 01:54 IST

The churn in India’s health spending burden | Number Theory

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Updated on Jun 10, 2026 02:42 IST

How good or bad are the monsoon rains so far? | Number Theory

The monsoon made landfall in Kerala on June 4, three days after its normal onset date of June 1.

Updated on Jun 9, 2026 02:05 IST

India’s surprise baby bust is a warning to the world

In several Indian states the TFR now matches the sputtering rates you find in rich European countries. Tamil Nadu, an industrialised state in the south, and West Bengal, a populous one in the east, each have the same fertility rate (1.3) as Finland.

Updated on Jun 8, 2026 09:55 IST

Problematics | Red Rackham’s jewels

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Updated on Jun 8, 2026 09:00 IST

India’s energy economy strained, not shocked | Number Theory

Oil tankers outside a refinery operated by Bharat Petroleum in Mumbai.

Published on Jun 3, 2026 01:53 IST

How to read IMD's 2026 monsoon forecast | Number Theory

Sudden downpour over the weekend significantly brought down the mercury in New Delhi.

Published on Jun 1, 2026 24:47 IST

Is there such a thing as a Chinese FDI gravy train? | Number Theory

Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Updated on May 29, 2026 02:55 IST

Terms of Trade: A colonial club and the art of political schadenfreude

The attention has shifted to looking for privileged parasites rather than structural holes in India’s economic story.

Updated on May 28, 2026 11:53 IST

What is the actual economic inequality in India? | Number Theory

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Published on May 28, 2026 03:35 IST

How temperature-pressure tango crimps monsoon rain | Number Theory

Residents of Vivekanand Camp in Delhi's Chanakyapuri fill empty vessels from a water tank on a hot summer afternoon on May 26.

Updated on May 27, 2026 04:50 IST

The long arm of El Nino that suppresses monsoon rains | Number Theory

Women shield themselves from the scorching heat on a hot summer day in Rishikesh on Monday.

Updated on May 26, 2026 01:52 IST

Problematics | Crossing the river

Welcome to Problematics!

Updated on May 25, 2026 04:20 IST

Is the war's energy shock shifting gears in India now? | Number Theory

Marshall Islands-flagged tanker Symi, carrying approx 20,000 tonnes of LPG, arrives at the Kandla Port in Kutch.

Published on May 22, 2026 03:39 IST

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