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Presenting India Today Insight

A FESTIVAL CELEBRATING THE LAND • Chennai Sangamam - Namma Ooru Thiruvizha is a four-day cultural festival being held from January 14 across 16 venues in Chennai. It promises to be an event to remember.

PERIL IN THE HILLS

THE JAIN THRESHOLD

Tribal Vs Tribal

THE DALIT OUTREACH

MAKEOVER OF THE MANDAL CITADEL

ANY VACANCIES?

A GOOD WORD

Mutt Ado

Net Caste Wide

A UNITED SENA?

HIGH GROWTH WILL BE A TOUGH ASK • INDIA’S GROWTH IN FY23-24 WILL SLOW AND THE TEMPTATION TO EASE FISCAL AND MONETARY POLICIES IN RESPONSE WILL BE HIGH. BUT GOOD MACRO MANAGEMENT REQUIRES KNOWING WHEN TO SAY NO

CAN INDIA BE THE VISHWAGURU? • WAR AND PEACE RESULT FROM POLITICAL CHOICES. AS THE UKRAINE WAR INCHES TOWARDS A YEAR, HERE ARE THREE POSSIBLE SCENARIOS OF ITS FUTURE COURSE

THREE CHALLENGES AND AN OPPORTUNITY • IN A WORLD IN TRANSITION, INDIA HAS THE CHANCE TO RESHAPE AN ORDER MORE FAVOURABLE TO ITS ASPIRATIONS THAN THE PREVIOUS ONES

THE GREAT WALL OF CHINESE ANTAGONISM • INDIA MUST FACE UP TO CHINA’S UNABATED HOSTILITY TOWARDS IT. FACTS SUGGEST XI JINPING HAS MADE A CHOICE AND IS PLANNING FURTHER MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST INDIA

INDIA CAN EMERGE AS A THIRD POLE • THE DAYS OF A UNIPOLAR WORLD ORDER ARE OVER, AND WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF A GENUINELY MULTILATERAL ONE. INDIA HAS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO PROJECT ITSELF AS A TRULY INDEPENDENT GLOBAL POWER

OPPORTUNITIES DESPITE THE TURMOIL • THOUGH US HAS NOT PUSHED BACK RESOLUTELY ON INDIA’S POLICY ON THE UKRAINE WAR BECAUSE OF CONVERGENT INTERESTS ON CHINA, ITS DISCOMFORT IS ALL TOO REAL

MODI’S BIG ELECTORAL HURDLES • FOR THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE BJP, THE NINE STATE ELECTIONS WILL BE THE SEMIFINALS FOR THE 2024 GENERAL ELECTION; FOR THE CONGRESS, ITS LAST CHANCE TO REVIVE

DON’T LOSE SIGHT OF BLOCKCHAIN • CRYPTOCURRENCIES MAY HAVE LOST THEIR SHEEN IN 2022, BUT THE BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY THAT POWERS THEM STILL HOLDS A LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR OUR FUTURE

PITFALLS OF THE DIGITAL BATTLEGROUND • THE WORLD’S MOST POPULOUS NATION IN 2023 IS ONLINE. DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, ALONG WITH SMARTPHONES, MOBILE PAYMENTS AND AADHAAR WILL MAKE SERVICES MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR CITIZENS BUT RAISE THEIR VULNERABILITY TO CYBER ATTACKS, DATA THEFT, ONLINE CRIME AND INTERNET SHUTDOWNS

LIGHTS, CAMERA, INDIA • INDIA’S MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY IS GOING THROUGH A MULTI-LAYERED TRANSFORMATION, WITH A LOT HAPPENING AT ONCE. THE DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND WILL ALLOW GROWTH ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS

CASH IN ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC ADVANTAGE • IN 2023, INDIA WILL OVERTAKE CHINA TO BECOME THE MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. THIS DEMOGRAPHIC TRAJECTORY COULD CHANGE INDIA’S GLOBAL STATUS AND WILL HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR REGIONAL DYNAMICS WITHIN THE COUNTRY

WHY INDIA SHOULD LEAD BY EXAMPLE, NOT EXHORTATION • INDIA CANNOT BRING ABOUT A CHANGE OVERNIGHT, BUT IT CAN REORIENT ITS DEVELOPMENT ON AN ECOLOGICALLY MORE SUS TAINABLE PATH VIA A LONG-TERM STRATEGY WITH CLEAR INTERMEDIATE MILESTONES

HOW 2023 COULD BE THE YEAR OF THE EV • THE POTENTIAL FOR...