Menaka Doshi
@menakadoshi.bsky.social
Journalist. Amateur poet. Professional insomniac.
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In search of new, spiritual experiences, young Indians (and boomers like me) are returning to their roots.
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India Parties With Bhajan Jamming and Home Concerts
In search of new, spiritual experiences, young Indians return to their roots.
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January 24, 2026 at 8:11 AM
In search of new, spiritual experiences, young Indians (and boomers like me) are returning to their roots.
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2025 belonged to a small army of five bureaucrats who helped salvage India’s economy.
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January 15, 2026 at 7:27 AM
2025 belonged to a small army of five bureaucrats who helped salvage India’s economy.
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Shiny Projects Overshadow Broken Basics as Mumbai Votes
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January 14, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Shiny Projects Overshadow Broken Basics as Mumbai Votes
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India's IT capital, Bengaluru, is trying a city management fix, borrowing loosely from London’s borough-and-City Hall model.
- Greater Bengaluru Authority
- 5 corporations
- Expanded ward committees
Looks promising in theory.
But will it work in practice?
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- Greater Bengaluru Authority
- 5 corporations
- Expanded ward committees
Looks promising in theory.
But will it work in practice?
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India’s Silicon Valley Tries London Fix for Traffic, Floods
Smaller councils promise more accountability in Bengaluru.
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September 19, 2025 at 6:29 AM
India's IT capital, Bengaluru, is trying a city management fix, borrowing loosely from London’s borough-and-City Hall model.
- Greater Bengaluru Authority
- 5 corporations
- Expanded ward committees
Looks promising in theory.
But will it work in practice?
Read 👇
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
- Greater Bengaluru Authority
- 5 corporations
- Expanded ward committees
Looks promising in theory.
But will it work in practice?
Read 👇
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
India's IT capital, Bengaluru, is trying a city management fix, borrowing loosely from London’s borough-and-City Hall model.
- Greater Bengaluru Authority
- 5 corporations
- Expanded ward committees
Looks promising in theory.
But will it work in practice?
Read 👇
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
- Greater Bengaluru Authority
- 5 corporations
- Expanded ward committees
Looks promising in theory.
But will it work in practice?
Read 👇
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
India’s Silicon Valley Tries London Fix for Traffic, Floods
Smaller councils promise more accountability in Bengaluru.
www.bloomberg.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:29 AM
India's IT capital, Bengaluru, is trying a city management fix, borrowing loosely from London’s borough-and-City Hall model.
- Greater Bengaluru Authority
- 5 corporations
- Expanded ward committees
Looks promising in theory.
But will it work in practice?
Read 👇
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
- Greater Bengaluru Authority
- 5 corporations
- Expanded ward committees
Looks promising in theory.
But will it work in practice?
Read 👇
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India’s Age of Individualistic, Experimental Shoppers
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August 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
India’s Age of Individualistic, Experimental Shoppers
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Bully Trump vs Strong Modi
The stalemate over the US-India trade deal is, well, not about trade. It’s about power.
How long will this Trump-Modi staring match last? Who will blink first?
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The stalemate over the US-India trade deal is, well, not about trade. It’s about power.
How long will this Trump-Modi staring match last? Who will blink first?
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Trump Brings Russian Twist Into Trade Fight With India
Negotiating tactics aside, India has more to lose from a failed trade deal than the US
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July 31, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Bully Trump vs Strong Modi
The stalemate over the US-India trade deal is, well, not about trade. It’s about power.
How long will this Trump-Modi staring match last? Who will blink first?
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The stalemate over the US-India trade deal is, well, not about trade. It’s about power.
How long will this Trump-Modi staring match last? Who will blink first?
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Mukesh Ambani’s Green Energy Venture Needs More Sunlight
What we don’t know about Mukesh Ambani’s mega green energy business.
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What we don’t know about Mukesh Ambani’s mega green energy business.
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Mukesh Ambani’s Green Energy Venture Needs More Sunlight
Four years in, Reliance Industries newest venture has many information gaps
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July 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Mukesh Ambani’s Green Energy Venture Needs More Sunlight
What we don’t know about Mukesh Ambani’s mega green energy business.
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What we don’t know about Mukesh Ambani’s mega green energy business.
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In many ways Tesla is facing its Apple moment in India.
Will Elon Musk seize it?
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Will Elon Musk seize it?
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Elon Musk’s Tesla Faces Its Apple Moment In India
Musk has yet to seize the India potential that Tim Cook bet on a decade ago
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July 17, 2025 at 7:53 AM
In many ways Tesla is facing its Apple moment in India.
Will Elon Musk seize it?
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India market regulator vs Wall Street giant
A behind-the-scenes account underscores the complexity of SEBI’s case against Jane Street.
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A behind-the-scenes account underscores the complexity of SEBI’s case against Jane Street.
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July 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
India market regulator vs Wall Street giant
A behind-the-scenes account underscores the complexity of SEBI’s case against Jane Street.
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A behind-the-scenes account underscores the complexity of SEBI’s case against Jane Street.
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India’s booming Apple economy has encountered two big hurdles this year.
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July 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
India’s booming Apple economy has encountered two big hurdles this year.
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All success comes at a price.
What the Apple economy may cost India.
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What the Apple economy may cost India.
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The Cost of Making India’s Apple Dream a Reality
Modi may have to make deep trade concessions to sustain the iPhone-manufacturing success
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July 4, 2025 at 8:24 AM
All success comes at a price.
What the Apple economy may cost India.
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What the Apple economy may cost India.
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India Takes Action Against Top Wall Street Firm
Jane Street “is not a good faith actor that can be, or deserves to be, trusted,” SEBI said in a July 3 order.
Market manipulation is a tough offence to prove in a court of law. Especially for the derivative market.
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Jane Street “is not a good faith actor that can be, or deserves to be, trusted,” SEBI said in a July 3 order.
Market manipulation is a tough offence to prove in a court of law. Especially for the derivative market.
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Jane Street Had a Secret Strategy. India Says It’s Manipulation
What SEBI’s move against the Wall Street market maker means
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July 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
India Takes Action Against Top Wall Street Firm
Jane Street “is not a good faith actor that can be, or deserves to be, trusted,” SEBI said in a July 3 order.
Market manipulation is a tough offence to prove in a court of law. Especially for the derivative market.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Jane Street “is not a good faith actor that can be, or deserves to be, trusted,” SEBI said in a July 3 order.
Market manipulation is a tough offence to prove in a court of law. Especially for the derivative market.
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The fight for India’s health-care services market just got more interesting.
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Amazon Intensifies Battle for Health Care in India
With diagnostic services the e-commerce giant now offers a ‘trifecta of digital health’
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June 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The fight for India’s health-care services market just got more interesting.
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The Air India plane crash highlights hard choices facing one of the world’s fastest-growing markets for air travel.
What is the future of Air India?
How can India tackle its aviation duopoly?
What regulatory overhauls are needed?
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What is the future of Air India?
How can India tackle its aviation duopoly?
What regulatory overhauls are needed?
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Three Hard Questions for Indian Aviation After Deadly Crash
Tragedy highlights hard choices facing one of the world’s fastest-growing markets for air travel
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June 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The Air India plane crash highlights hard choices facing one of the world’s fastest-growing markets for air travel.
What is the future of Air India?
How can India tackle its aviation duopoly?
What regulatory overhauls are needed?
#IndiaEdition (free read)
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What is the future of Air India?
How can India tackle its aviation duopoly?
What regulatory overhauls are needed?
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“Upbeat mood.”
“Renewed buzz.”
“Positive momentum.”
That’s how three experts I spoke to this week described signs of an incipient recovery in infrastructure investments that have been critical to boosting growth in India.
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“Renewed buzz.”
“Positive momentum.”
That’s how three experts I spoke to this week described signs of an incipient recovery in infrastructure investments that have been critical to boosting growth in India.
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India’s $205 Billion Infra Revival
Energy, social infrastructure and road monetization are key trends to watch
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June 12, 2025 at 6:55 AM
“Upbeat mood.”
“Renewed buzz.”
“Positive momentum.”
That’s how three experts I spoke to this week described signs of an incipient recovery in infrastructure investments that have been critical to boosting growth in India.
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“Renewed buzz.”
“Positive momentum.”
That’s how three experts I spoke to this week described signs of an incipient recovery in infrastructure investments that have been critical to boosting growth in India.
Read India Edition
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Four investing tips, and a warning.
From the launch of @business Where To Invest series.
With Nilesh Shah, Monika Halan, Sandeep Bagla and Devang Shah.
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From the launch of @business Where To Invest series.
With Nilesh Shah, Monika Halan, Sandeep Bagla and Devang Shah.
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The Smart India Investor Playbook for a Rocky 2025
Getting used to lower returns is one place to start
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June 5, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Four investing tips, and a warning.
From the launch of @business Where To Invest series.
With Nilesh Shah, Monika Halan, Sandeep Bagla and Devang Shah.
Read this week's India Edition
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From the launch of @business Where To Invest series.
With Nilesh Shah, Monika Halan, Sandeep Bagla and Devang Shah.
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How the US is alienating future Elon Musks
If you skip classes you may lose your student visa.
- US embassy in India.
It’s the mildest of the Trump administration’s recent attacks on foreign students in the US, of which Indians are the largest group.
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If you skip classes you may lose your student visa.
- US embassy in India.
It’s the mildest of the Trump administration’s recent attacks on foreign students in the US, of which Indians are the largest group.
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May 30, 2025 at 6:58 AM
How the US is alienating future Elon Musks
If you skip classes you may lose your student visa.
- US embassy in India.
It’s the mildest of the Trump administration’s recent attacks on foreign students in the US, of which Indians are the largest group.
Read 👇
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If you skip classes you may lose your student visa.
- US embassy in India.
It’s the mildest of the Trump administration’s recent attacks on foreign students in the US, of which Indians are the largest group.
Read 👇
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Key developments in Indian banking: Alleged fraud at IndusInd, a Yes Bank deal, and slowing growth. @menakadoshi.bsky.social connects the dots. A crucial global read: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet... #GlobalFinance #IndiaBusiness
Deals, Deceit and Dissent in India Banking
Foreign investment in Indian banks picks up even as growth concerns persist
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May 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Key developments in Indian banking: Alleged fraud at IndusInd, a Yes Bank deal, and slowing growth. @menakadoshi.bsky.social connects the dots. A crucial global read: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet... #GlobalFinance #IndiaBusiness
Trump’s Tariffs Threaten India’s $30 Billion Bling Exports
India's gems and jewelry sector exports are down to an average $33 billion in the last five years versus $40 billion in the decade before that.
Why? What about the Trump impact?
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India's gems and jewelry sector exports are down to an average $33 billion in the last five years versus $40 billion in the decade before that.
Why? What about the Trump impact?
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May 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Trump’s Tariffs Threaten India’s $30 Billion Bling Exports
India's gems and jewelry sector exports are down to an average $33 billion in the last five years versus $40 billion in the decade before that.
Why? What about the Trump impact?
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India's gems and jewelry sector exports are down to an average $33 billion in the last five years versus $40 billion in the decade before that.
Why? What about the Trump impact?
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"Mumbai’s chronic housing shortage has inspired several pathos-filled plots and songs in Bollywood (and at least one in Hollywood). Now, some relief is in sight from mega slum redevelopment projects"
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Mumbai’s Rush to Rebuild Comes With a Warning
The redevelopment frenzy in India’s commercial hub is dangerously close to peaking
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April 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
"Mumbai’s chronic housing shortage has inspired several pathos-filled plots and songs in Bollywood (and at least one in Hollywood). Now, some relief is in sight from mega slum redevelopment projects"
@menakadoshi.bsky.social in the Bloomberg India newsletter.
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Deals, Deceit and Dissent
India’s banking sector has recently had all the thrills and suspense of a Tom Cruise action thriller.
But these are just sub-plots in a larger story that's not so exciting.
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India’s banking sector has recently had all the thrills and suspense of a Tom Cruise action thriller.
But these are just sub-plots in a larger story that's not so exciting.
Read my latest India Edition
(Free read)
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Deals, Deceit and Dissent in India Banking
Foreign investment in Indian banks picks up even as growth concerns persist
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May 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Deals, Deceit and Dissent
India’s banking sector has recently had all the thrills and suspense of a Tom Cruise action thriller.
But these are just sub-plots in a larger story that's not so exciting.
Read my latest India Edition
(Free read)
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
India’s banking sector has recently had all the thrills and suspense of a Tom Cruise action thriller.
But these are just sub-plots in a larger story that's not so exciting.
Read my latest India Edition
(Free read)
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India's Fading Bling And Rising Luxury
India's beleaguered bling export trade faces a new threat.
And, a luxury hotelier that wants to succeed where others have failed.
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India's beleaguered bling export trade faces a new threat.
And, a luxury hotelier that wants to succeed where others have failed.
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May 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
India's Fading Bling And Rising Luxury
India's beleaguered bling export trade faces a new threat.
And, a luxury hotelier that wants to succeed where others have failed.
Click 👇for both stories (free read)
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India's beleaguered bling export trade faces a new threat.
And, a luxury hotelier that wants to succeed where others have failed.
Click 👇for both stories (free read)
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March 13, 2025 at 8:16 AM