India produces 1.5 million engineering graduates annually. Yet the India Skills Report 2025 pegs B.Tech employability at just 71%.

There has been some uncharitable chatter regarding our “Ghost Airports” and “Superhighways to Nowhere.” 

There was a time when democracy was a noisy, unpredictable business. Candidates argued, voters disagreed, outcomes surprised.

For years, gig work was seen as an urban, millennial phenomenon, an extension of convenience culture in big cities.

India’s skilling future will be digital-first. Technology is transforming not just jobs, but how skills are acquired, assessed and certified.

Democracy was never meant to be a mere mechanism for counting votes, nor peace a temporary pause between hostilities.