Cryptocurrency emerged from a deeply philosophical conviction: that money should be decentralized, insulated from political discretion, and freed from the control of governments and banks. At its core, this belief reflects a distrust of centralized authority—born from repeated historical episodes of inflation, capital controls, financial repression, and crisis-driven bailouts. Crypto promised an alternative monetary order: rule-based rather than discretionary, global rather t

trends in Padma awardees Over the last three decades, the announcement of Padma Awards has quietly evolved into more than a ceremonial recognition of individual achievement. In my view, it has become a mirror reflecting India’s changing ideological and philosophical self-understanding. While officially apolitical, the pattern of Padma Award recipients reveals how the Indian state’s conception of merit, contribution, and national identity has shifted over time. In the mid-1990

Finance bill 2026 and its tax proposals on stock market transactions Focus: Securities Transaction Tax (STT) and Taxation of Share Buybacks The Finance Bill 2026 introduces two targeted but high-impact tax changes affecting capital markets: an increase in Securities Transaction Tax (STT) on equity derivatives, and a shift in the tax treatment of corporate share buybacks. While narrow in scope, both measures have meaningful implications for market liquidity, investor behaviour

I respectfully disagree with the view that a reserved-category candidate who scores higher marks can automatically take a general (open) category seat, even if that candidate reached the exam stage using relaxations that were not available to general candidates. My disagreement is  not with reservation itself , which is a constitutionally accepted policy. The disagreement is with  how this rule works in practice , and how it can unfairly disadvantage candidates who compete un