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Friday, March 27, 2026
TopicCitizens

Topic: Citizens

‘Mohammad’ Deepak and Prabhavathi Amma are India’s heroes. They shake us out of our cynicism

+TFP Karanjeet Kaur -
Kumar and Amma's actions matter. In a country where collective complacency has calcified into a survival strategy, watching someone say 'no' feels radical.

SubscriberWrites: India’s electoral democracy caught in cobweb of freebies & cash transfer

Dr. Kunwar Siddarth Dadhwal -
The focus on freebies and cash transfers has led to policy paralysis, as parties prioritize short-term electoral gains over long-term policy planning.

SubscriberWrites: The complicit heart: How ordinary citizens become the instruments of their own demise

Indranil Mitra -
Bengal faces a stark reality of political decay, where decades of complicity and corruption have eroded its identity, leaving citizens to confront the consequences of their choices.

Not entrepreneurs, we need ‘social intrapreneurship’ for an ‘inside job’ in public sector

Adam Taylor -
Social intrapreneurship emerges as a concept that harnesses the ability of citizens to assist in appropriate governance and becomes agents of change.

City municipalities are poor in fixing problems. People are turning to MLAs middlemen, NGOs

Katie Pyle -
At the community level, citizens’ aspirations for their local areas are seldom heard or acted upon.

The list of creative ways China keeps tabs on its citizens is growing

Bloomberg News -
The list of ways China keeps an eye on its citizens, the latest idea being a social-credit system, is stoking international concerns.

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Economy

Indian govt says will borrow Rs 8.2 trillion in first-half of next fiscal year

Pratigya Vajpayee -
The administration trimmed its gross borrowing program to 16.09 trillion rupees from 17.2 trillion rupees announced in the budget on Feb. 1.

Defence

India greenlights procurement of 5 more S-400 air defence systems from Russia

Snehesh Alex Philip -
In FY 2025-26, AoN for 55 proposals amounting to Rs 6.73 lakh cr has been accorded by DAC. Both the quantum of AoN given and capital contracts signed, so far, have been the highest in any FY.

National Interest

The Vishwaguru delusion, mine vs yours, is ruining our view of the world

Shekhar Gupta -
One side thinks India is punching way above its weight. The other thinks Modi has undermined India and it punches below its strength. Both are wrong.

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