In this article today, Visiting Senior Fellow Shankkar Aiyar draws a parallel between political strategy of alliances, telecom services and financial markets. 

The trouble with victory, rather a string of victories, is that it catalyses and nurtures hubris.

A reason why politicians get away with unfulfilled promises is that there are no checks and balances made before or during their tenure in office.

In this article for the New Indian Express, Shankkar Aiyar discusses the good, bad and ugly views surrounding the debate around the economy as we approach the 2019 general elections in India....

 The stark reality is that every party is ensuring its electoral fortunes by parading sops as the solution for every failure.

‘One nation, one election’ might sound appealing, but it will have a number of anti-democratic consequences.

The BJP has not shown any signs of improving its tally in its weak large states such as West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

On Monday the Bharatiya Janata Party won the Gujarat state assembly elections for the sixth time in a row. It is useful to look deeper into the voter numbers to determine where BJP and Congress gained and lost.

The Modi government's resolve on petrol prices hopefully is a harbinger that it is getting ready to press the gas pedal on the unfinished reforms agenda

In a "management takeover", the BJP has converted an enemy into a frenemy, uninstalled a regime and installed its own - almost as if an app was being replaced.