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Context is everything.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
May was marked by a phenomenal run of successes by Indian athletes who conquered the world yet continue to fight anonymity, bureaucracy and apathy back home.
Editor's note: The month gone by was an object lesson in the value of examining a proposition from all angles before saying “yes”. When Pradip Saha of The Morning Context first proposed that I should write a monthly newsletter on sport, I thought: Perfect. I don’t have to chase headlines; I don’t have to write in that moment when adrenaline swamps the mind and heart, and calm consideration is impossible. Instead, I can process, assimilate, go deep. Valid, all of that. What I did not consider, though, is the antithesis: that in sport, great events pile one on another in a headlong rush with no consideration for long lead times and extended deadlines; therefore, a thoughtful piece that might resonate a week after an event will become the writing equivalent of mouldy bread when you write a month later. With the result that when you finally sit down to write, you consider landmark events, each a stirring story in itself, and find you have to reject them all because time and opportunity have passed you by. Like the story of Jyothi Yarraji, …
May was marked by a phenomenal run of successes by Indian athletes who conquered the world yet continue to fight anonymity, bureaucracy and apathy back home.
Editor's note: The month gone by was an object lesson in the value of examining a proposition from all angles before saying “yes”. When Pradip Saha of The Morning Context first proposed that I should write a monthly newsletter on sport, I thought: Perfect. I don’t have to chase headlines; I don’t have to write in that moment when adrenaline swamps the mind and heart, and calm consideration is impossible. Instead, I can process, assimilate, go deep. Valid, all of that. What I did not consider, though, is the antithesis: that in sport, great events pile one on another in a headlong rush with no consideration for long lead times and extended deadlines; therefore, a thoughtful piece that might resonate a week after an event will become the writing equivalent of mouldy bread when you write a month later. With the result that when you finally sit down to write, you consider landmark events, each a stirring story in itself, and find you have to reject them all because time and opportunity have passed you by. Like the story of Jyothi Yarraji, …
Chinese diplomats to India are saying all the right things for Indian ears, but Beijing’s policy actions are moving in the opposite direction.
The country's fighter jet roadmap rests on imported propulsion, leaving its military plans hostage to cost shocks, delays and geopolitics.
The kingdom and its sovereign fund pull back on splashy global bets to focus on domestic returns as war and realities reshape priorities
Chinese diplomats to India are saying all the right things for Indian ears, but Beijing’s policy actions are moving in the opposite direction.
The country's fighter jet roadmap rests on imported propulsion, leaving its military plans hostage to cost shocks, delays and geopolitics.
The kingdom and its sovereign fund pull back on splashy global bets to focus on domestic returns as war and realities reshape priorities
