Category "Business"

₹21 Lakhs for a Fresher: Progress or a Loud Alarm Bell?

Infosys just did something that shook India’s IT ecosystem. Entry-level salaries. Freshers. Packages going up to ₹21 lakh per annum. Let that sink in. This isn’t a Silicon Valley startup throwing equity confetti. This is Infosys—India’s old-school IT giant—suddenly paying fresh graduates more than what many senior engineers earn after...

When the Megaphone Lowers Its Volume: Arnab, Sudhir and the Quiet Recalibration of Indian TV News

For years, Indian prime-time news has followed an unspoken rule: power speaks, anchors echo. Among them, Arnab Goswami stood out—not as a neutral observer, but as the most aggressive and unapologetic defender of the ruling establishment. Since the launch of Republic TV, his editorial positioning has been widely perceived as...

Two forests. One pattern. And a country pretending it’s not connected.

If you want to understand how “development” actually works in India, don’t listen to speeches. Watch what happens to forests that don’t have PR teams. Hasdeo Arand in Chhattisgarh and the Aravalli range across Rajasthan–Haryana–Delhi–Gujarat tell the same story in two different accents. One is a dense, living forest that...

When the rupee hits ₹91 to the dollar — simple, sharp and a little savage

Today,  16th December 2025, the Indian rupee slipped past ₹91 per US dollar — the weakest level in history. The Finance Ministry attributed this to four reasons: a widening trade deficit, a strong global dollar, weak capital inflows, and external factors. That’s official language. Now let’s translate it into plain...

From Cockpit to Cash-Out: How India’s Aviation Monopoly Was Built, Milked, and Abandoned

When Rakesh Gangwal resigned from IndiGo’s board and announced he would become a “passive investor”, it sounded calm. Corporate. Mature. But behind that polite sentence lies one of the ugliest stories of modern Indian capitalism — a story of monopoly, regulatory silence, obscene wealth creation, zero accountability, and complete disregard...