Will 2025 Be the Year for Innovations?

Since my blog is celebrating 25 years of the 21st century this year, and since the first 25 years of this century and millennium have been mostly about some astounding innovations โ€“ and disruptions โ€“ I thought it is only appropriate that my first blog post of 2025 be on innovations. While many of us… Continue reading Will 2025 Be the Year for Innovations?

Protected: Reading Ahead Into 2025

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What Are the Chances that We Can End the Wars Next Year?

While we can expect the trade and tariff wars to get a fresh impetus next year with President Trump in office, what are the chances that we can find a way to end the wars next year and bring peace to the world? From media reports it appears that Trump is himself all for ending… Continue reading What Are the Chances that We Can End the Wars Next Year?

What Election Year 2024 Tells Us About the State of Democracy

It was reported at the start of this year that around half the world would be voting in elections around the world in 2024! While this is in itself an interesting fact, I think even more fascinating would be the long journey that democracy has made over the past many centuries and decades across many… Continue reading What Election Year 2024 Tells Us About the State of Democracy

The World Economy Bracing for Trump 2.0

The last time the world saw a tariff and trade war it was 2017, in Trumpโ€™s first term as President of the US when he took on the worldโ€™s second largest economy, China, in a tariff war. It ended with China too imposing retaliatory tariff increases on American imports and before we knew it, Europe… Continue reading The World Economy Bracing for Trump 2.0

October, Autumn Cleaning and Remembrances

As is usual in Goa, after the monsoon ends there is always plenty of autumn cleaning required in our flat to clear away the cobwebs, dust and fungus that settle during the rainy months. This time, in October, I was struck by thoughts and remembrances of my late mother, Shantha Sundaram, my aged fatherโ€™s mother… Continue reading October, Autumn Cleaning and Remembrances

Protected: Talk Shops to Close the Year

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Ideas for Garnering Private Climate Finance

After Dubai, yet another oil rich country got a chance to host the UN Climate Change Summit or COP as it is known. I am not sure what the purpose of this is, but an obvious implication is that it would tend to limit conference discussions and deliberations, given that there would be resistance to… Continue reading Ideas for Garnering Private Climate Finance

A Holidays Campaign Idea for Pernod Ricard

Itโ€™s that time of the year. The festive season is here in India and soon, it will be around the world. The festive spirit is in the air and in many countries, it means partying, gifting and sharing good times together. Economically, it could also be just what the doctored ordered, at a time when… Continue reading A Holidays Campaign Idea for Pernod Ricard