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Shade for People He Would Never Meet — What a developed India must never spend: its earth, its public roads and its institutions
A richer India could still be a poorer one. It could drain Punjab's water, let two apps crowd its payment rails and let its institutions quietly die. The last volume of Blossomed, Not Assembled names what a developed India must never spend.
Nithin Palal
2 hours ago31 min read
The Honey on the Tongue — What Kauṭilya knew about wealth, tax and temptation that a developed India still needs
Kauṭilya said no official can handle public money without tasting it. India's older texts give hard tests for what India still gets wrong: borrowing, freebies, a narrow tax base and prisons full of people awaiting trial.
Nithin Palal
11 hours ago34 min read
The School That Has Everything Except Learning — Why India cannot copy its way to Viksit Bharat, and the old Indian test for borrowing well
India cannot copy its way to Viksit Bharat. A copied school or regulator arrives without what made it work. An old Indian rule of debate gives a sharper test for borrowing, and India's own history shows the test both passed and failed.
Nithin Palal
15 hours ago38 min read
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