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Kiran Karnik

The author is an independent policy and strategy analyst, and alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad

Latest Articles By Kiran Karnik

Water Woes

Kiran Karnik

Fractured roads and floods don’t promote the economy, nor does human suffering contribute to development. Policymakers need to reset their approach

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Dark Matter Matters

Kiran Karnik

The space telescope on the two-tonne spacecraft will look across one-third of the sky, with its power enabling such far-sightedness as to look back 10 billion years

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Cleanliness And Godliness

Kiran Karnik

All over urban India – and sometimes even in villages – one comes across such piles of garbage

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The Price Of Indiscipline

Kiran Karnik

Where investments are made in overhead or underground pedestrian crossings, they are minimally used, and a railing on the divider is also added at an additional cost

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Importance of Images

Kiran Karnik

Research indicates that humans begin to recognise themselves at around 18 months of age and maybe this is an indication of consciousness: an awareness of the self, of one’s individuality

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Dashing Deshis And Phobia Of Foreigners

Kiran Karnik

We can be the global hub of not just talent, but of technology and research. Can we imbibe the lessons from the success of our diaspora and move ahead quickly?

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The Road Not Taken

Kiran Karnik

Why not spend more on expanding the rail network to create new industrial and commercial hubs through efficient movement? Why not a quantum increase in funding the creation and use of waterways?

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Stubble: Style And Survival

Kiran Karnik

Some in-the-news leaders are always dressed to near perfection, almost like Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot. These include President Putin, generally ideally “suited” and Rishi Sunak

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Need For Livelihood-Ensuring Education

Kiran Karnik

We need to work on scale, relevance, quality, and innovation to achieve this goal

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Flying Pigs In The New Year

Kiran Karnik

New Year is always so joyous, why limit it to once a year? Let us celebrate New Month, twelve times a year, with the same spirit of goodwill and good cheer.

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