As I walked around San Francisco with rampant homelessness and open drug use, I thought to myself that this was the logical culmination of full-tilt liberalism and capitalism, with nothing to moderate either.

Read the full column at the link in the bio (!)

India has the largest youth population in the world. I write that what we owe our young is not just welfare or opportunity but meaning - but that our leadership - technocratic and political - is failing to do so. Read the full piece on my substack: rgupta.substack.com

Laughed multiple times while reading this report, esp Trump telling the reporter at the end, "you're just a troublemaker ".

To paraphrase DT: this would have been great television.

Husbands take oath on behalf of their sarpanch wives in Chhattisgarh. I have mixed feelings about the commentary / response around this panch pati phenomenon, efforts to stop this should be constructive not exclusionary #WomensDay

Between Belonging and Thinking: Thoughts on the Year Past rgupta.substack.com/p/between-be...

Political leadership is crucial to harness and exercise power in governance but bureaucratisation and technology have sucked the politics out of governance. Link in the bio (!)

Publish total income tax paid by top 100 wealthiest Indians in last 10 years, Piketty to Government of India #inequality

Yes, yes and yes