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When Power Doesn’t Power: The Indian Energy Contradiction
India occupies a strikingly paradoxical position in the energy transition game. It is simultaneously among the world’s fastest-growing producers of energy and one of the most inefficient users of its own generation capacity. Over the past decade, India has expanded its renewable energy footprint at an impressive pace, diversified its thermal base and articulated ambitious climate goals in tandem with the Paris Agreement. Illustration by The Geostrata Yet, these great feats co

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Feb 16 min read


The India-EU Trade Pact: A Strategic and Urgent Imperative
As the first month of 2026 comes to a close, the global economic establishment is less a coherent system and more a fragmented mirror of competing interests. With the EU – India summit less than a week away, the atmosphere is charged with unprecedented urgency. As the EU President Ursula von der Leyen touches down in India alongside other European leaders for Republic Day celebrations on January 26, the long-anticipated India – EU trade deal stands on the precipice of finaliz

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Jan 256 min read


India’s Soft Power Deficit: Why India Must Take Charge of Its Global Story
Western media, movies, and think tanks continue to dominate the global narrative of India, which frequently focuses on issues such as poverty, overcrowding, gender issues, religious tensions, and politics. Although these challenges are real, India's achievements in innovation, development, and global ambitions. This limited view reduces India to a collection of problems rather than seeing it as a developing nation influencing the future. Illustration by The Geostrata Even wor

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Jan 146 min read


Shadow Banking in India: NBFCs and their Role in the Financial Economy
In India’s financial pulse, Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) — Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) are key factors for development. NBFCs are entities that provide similar services to banks but do not hold a banking license, for instance, engaged in the business of loans and advances, acquisition of shares/debenture/securities, leasing, hire-purchase, insurance, and more. Illustration by The Geostrata It has emerged as a vast source of financing for individuals as well a

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Nov 19, 20257 min read


E-Commerce and Retail: Competition to Coexistence
With the advancement of technology, the global retail sector has undergone a profound shift in the last two decades, defined by the rise of e-commerce. Once seen as a rival threatening the survival of retail businesses, e-commerce has now become a catalyst for transformation. On the one hand, e-commerce has changed consumer behaviour by making it more convenient. Illustration by The Geostrata On the other hand, it has compelled retailers to restructure their strategies to sus

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Nov 15, 20255 min read


Navigating the Fault Lines of Economic Security: How Semiconductors, Cryptocurrency, and Supply-Chain Shifts Are Redrawing Global Power
Under the multifaceted networks of economic safety, cross-connections that exceed traditional supply-chain models can be found in complex geotechnical, technological, and financial networks that redesign the business at a distant level. Illustration by The Geostrata Mapping these constellations of conflict and the relative permanence of ProKin, researchers shed light on the interdependence and dependence of risk and opportunity inherent in interlinkages of semiconductor sup

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Nov 4, 20256 min read


Critical Minerals: What are They? And Why Do They Matter?
Critical minerals are present on the nodules of major minerals, holding immense industrial and manufacturing potential for companies, countries, and economies alike. The contemporary discourse on critical minerals is highly dependent on the prevailing socio-economic developments and disparities, largely defined by technological advancements. Illustration by The Geostrata Though there may be different classifications of which mineral is critical, nevertheless, they are vital

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Oct 8, 20257 min read


How Money Moves the World: Why Economics is the New Geopolitics?
In the 21st Century, the global power structures have dramatically changed, with geopolitics now being decoupled from geoeconomics,...

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Sep 7, 20254 min read


Internalising the Externality: Carbon Pricing in India
India stands at a critical juncture in its development trajectory. As the world’s third-largest emitter, with CO2 levels reaching...

THE GEOSTRATA
Sep 5, 20256 min read


Three Pillars, One Budget: The Synergy Between Finance Commission, GST Council, and Finance Ministry
The GST Council, the Finance Commission, and the Ministry of Finance are the three pillars of fiscal governance of the Indian economy....

THE GEOSTRATA
Aug 11, 20255 min read


United States’ Tariff Gamble: China Sneaks Right Under the Nose of the United States
In 2018 , the United States initiated a Section 301 investigation, exposing China’s allegedly discriminatory and unreasonable trade...

THE GEOSTRATA
Aug 6, 20254 min read


Guardians of the Asia-Pacific?
In 1989, American political scientist Francis Fukuyama famously wrote in his essay “ The End of History ? ” that liberal democracy...

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Jun 15, 20258 min read


Chasing the Rings: The Financial Gamble of the Olympic Games
The Olympic Games have long been a monumental event in global affairs, bringing together nations from across the globe in celebration of...

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Jun 3, 20255 min read


Steel, Strategy and Strength: A Dive into India's Defence Manufacturing Landscape
The Indian armed forces are the largest volunteer military forces in the world. They are composed of over 1.4 million active serving...

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May 21, 20254 min read


Turmoil in Bangladesh: Implications for India’s Refugee and Border Management
In the face of incessant and awful internal political and social instability, Bangladesh has brought about challenges that India has...

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Apr 1, 20254 min read


Trade Winds: Europe’s Strategic Pivot to India
With American tariff threats lurking over the European continent, the European Union (EU) has turned towards India, Latin America, Gulf...

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Mar 17, 20254 min read


Lake Chad Basin: From Crisis to Resilience
Over the decades, with the surge of non-state actors- Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), about 17 million...

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Feb 16, 20255 min read


Tracing Climate Change - From Myths to Modern Strategies
Earth’s environment and its climate have changed throughout history, with it experiencing eight cycles of ice ages and warm periods in...

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Jan 30, 20252 min read


India - Path to a Republic: Political and Economic Transformation (1950 to 2025)
Being a fully democratic nation adopting its constitution on January 26th, 1950, India guts the rocky way, manifests, and experiences the...

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Jan 26, 20255 min read


South Asia Under Modi 3.0 - Charting New Trajectories
“You can change your friends but not your neighbours,” quoted by former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, is a truism in international relations....

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Jan 16, 20254 min read
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