When the government launched Start-up India in 2016, it promised to unleash India’s entrepreneurial spirit. There were speeches, roadshows, glossy brochures, and hashtags. The program was positioned as a visionary leap, with politicians posing as champions of the start-up revolution. But nine
India has had a few inflection points that quietly, firmly reset how the world reads New Delhi’s intent. Pokhran II in 1998 was one such moment. A three-decade later echo could arrive if the proposal to build 114 Rafales in India moves from paper to production. This is not only a purchase plan. It is […]















