Pranay Kotasthane
@pranaykotas
Deputy Director / Tech Geopolitics @TakshashilaInst Cohost @puliyabaazi Co-writer: Anticipating the Unintended Co-author of 3 public policy books. Views my own.
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"Writing in the late 19th-century, Spencer proposes the following relationship between objective conditions and public opinion: '[T]he more things improve the louder become the exclamations about their badness.'" betonit.ai/p/was_herbert_…
My commute times in North-Central Bengaluru have increased by 50% since Dec'24. It's too sharp an increase to be justified by the rise in vehicles. The reason is obvious. Several white-topping and public infrastructure projects have begun and show no signs of completion. The…
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Left: My view from (July 2023). Achieving stated targets in electronics manufacturing requires a ‘re-coupling’ between Indian & Chinese businesses on 3 dimensions: chips, investments, and talent. Right: @bsindia reports today that govt is open to JVs with China in electronics.
Left: A @bsindia report says Chinese nationals comprised 27% of foreign tourist arrivals to India in 2019. This is a shockingly huge number. After discussing with @theChinaDude, we came to the image on the right. Official Indian Tourism Statistics of 2019 put this share at 3%,…
New @puliyabaazi titled चीन का चक्रव्यूह। China's Economic Warfare is a Market Failure puliyabaazi.in/p/chinas-econo…
नमस्ते! पुलियाबाज़ी पर आज की चर्चा चीन और भारत के बीच चल रहे व्यापारिक अनबन पर। क्या चीन का भारत को कई महत्वपूर्ण चीज़ों का निर्यात रोकना सिर्फ एक व्यापारिक कदम है या इससे ज़्यादा कुछ? चीन के इस चक्रव्यूह को भेदने के लिए भारत क्या कर सकता है? Listen in and tell us what you think.
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The idea that you need to protect yourself from any kind of physical discomfort and uncomfortable emotion makes you more vulnerable to get triggered.
‘Space Power: Advancing India’s Interests in the Orbits and Beyond’ – Launch into our 4-week expert capsule course starting August 2. Discover how space is becoming the battleground for strategy, commerce, and global power — and why India can’t afford to sit it out. Get taught…
चीन का चक्रव्यूह can be a good metaphor for its economic coercion. No?
अक्सर लोग हमें पूछते हैं कि पुलियाबाज़ी क्या है? वैसे तो ये सौरभ चंद्रा का ओरिजिनल कॉइनेज है, इसका मतलब होता है चर्चा या विचारों की लेन-देन। वैसे भारत में तो वाद-विवाद की परंपरा पुरानी है, जिस पर अमर्त्य सेन ने अपने निबंध "द आर्ग्यूमेंटेटिव इंडियन" में बखूबी समझाया है..(cont..)
From its beginnings with DVG & the Gokhale Institute a century ago, Bengaluru has emerged as a global public policy hub because the city attracts outstanding talent across disciplines. For @TOIBengaluru's 41st anniversary edition.
India’s tourism and hotel industries saw a burst of travel after pandemic lockdowns. The government’s infrastructure push over the past decade has also fuelled the travel boom. The supply of hotel rooms has struggled to keep up economist.com/business/2025/…
मराठीचं संवर्धन करायचं असेल तर ... 1. मराठी पुस्तकं विकत घ्या 2. मराठी नियतकालिकांचे वर्गणीदार व्हा 3. मराठी सांस्कृतिक आणि वैचारिक कार्यक्रमांना हजर राहा 4. मराठी नाटकं आणि सिनेमा बघा ... आणि यासाठी कुठल्याही इतर भाषेचा द्वेष करण्याची गरज नाही
Why are UN maps distorting India's boundaries? UN agencies have repeatedly misrepresented India’s International borders, excluding most of Arunachal Pradesh and J&K, some databases marking them as “sovereignty unsettled.” Alarmingly, the World Health Organization has shifted the…