ShankkarAiyar
shankkaraiyar.bsky.social
ShankkarAiyar
@shankkaraiyar.bsky.social
Author | The Gated Republic | Aadhaar A Biometric History of India's 12-Digit Revolution | Accidental India. Studying how politics rules the economics of people
My Column | How do declarations of change get lost in the corridors of power? Why are policies touted as panaceas mired in traffic jam of failures? .
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| 🎧 AI Podcast 🎧 | Political Optics and Ground Realities
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December 14, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The strange dance of rising growth and falling #rupee highlights paradoxes. India ranks 4th in GDP but 15th in FDI, it is growing at 7+% yet FIIs pulled $ 18Bn, corporates are sitting on cash. Unattended fault-lines have consequences.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:10 AM
My Column: Modi-Carney Reset Ties From Lose-Lose Towards Win-Win
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India-Canada: The Hope Potential
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It seemed a dead-end last Nov. A year later a deal on uranium, energy, fertilisers, skilling, H1B portability, AI labs and CEPA by Jan
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
My Column | Electoral Republics of Vote Benefit Transfers | Mao said power stems from barrel of gun. In India it stems from taxpayer's pocket. Freebies expand as Govts focus on consequences hurting politics not cause of public angst.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:37 AM
My Column | Trick or Treat: Posers From K-shaped Economy | Nvidia hits $ 5, AI stocks soar, Gold Yo-yoes, AI Bubble cloud grows. Wealth concentration deepens divides in NY, London and Europe. K-shaped economies catalyse K-shape politics.
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November 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Deal or No Deal: 200 Days of Trump's U Turns
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October 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Harbour Haze
November 27, 2024 at 1:19 AM
Mumbai...history through skyline
November 27, 2024 at 1:18 AM