
How India came to rely on Russian crude, why that could change and what that means for you
After the invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions, India took the opportunity to start buying cheap Russian crude. From 12% earlier, Russia went on to account for 40% of India’s oil imports. ...
7 Mar 20258min

EV charging infra needs policy, incentives boost to meet 2030 goal
The goal is to have 30% of newly registered private cars to be electric by 2030 but range anxiety caused by the lack of adequate charging infrastructure could put paid to that. India has 200 EVs per c...
28 Feb 20256min

‘The powerless have nothing but their stories to offer’
‘City on Fire: A Boyhood in Aligarh’ is a superb memoir of a boyhood spent in Aligarh on volatile communal faultlines. The author, Zeyad Masroor Khan, details the pains associated with growing up, of ...
25 Feb 20251h 21min

Should India switch to two time zones?
If you consider mean solar times, there is a two-hour difference across India’s breadth. So, sticking to a single time zone impacts sleep patterns, health, education outcomes and economic output. Yet,...
21 Feb 20257min

The Indian middle-class is under financial siege
The term ‘shrinking middle-class’ is now common and there are several indicators that it is based in fact. Consumption is down. Last year, two-wheeler sales fell and car inventory rose. The cost of li...
14 Feb 202510min

Why China’s mega dam in Tibet worries India, threaten riverine ecology and communities
China is building a dam on the Brahmaputra in Tibet, which will be thrice the size of the Three Gorges project. It will mean China has control over flow of the water into India, raising serious securi...
7 Feb 20258min

‘Future of B-schools likely to be new-format courses, with fewer 2-year MBAs’
Especially after liberalisation and the era of high growth, the demand for MBA degrees skyrocketed. This led to the establishment of several public and private institutions offering the degrees. Howev...
4 Feb 20251h 5min

India’s tilt towards oligarchy – Part 2
In the last part of the series on India’s march towards oligarchy, All Indians Matter looks at what can be done to arrest the slide. If we are to return to a state that truly cares for everyone, if we...
31 Jan 20257min



















