The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 01/08/2025The August issue—The Bihar Model and how revising electoral rolls could disenfranchise millions and threaten their citizenship; The continuing struggle of persons with disability for documentation; and more Read now: caravanmagazine.in/magazine 032
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 09/07/2025On 9 July 1955, at a press conference in London’s Caxton Hall, the British philosopher Bertrand Russell releases a manifesto signed by 11 scientists and public intellectuals—including Albert Einstein, who had died three months earlier—warning about the catastrophic consequences of nuclear war. 030
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The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 01/07/2025The July 2025 issue is now available online for all subscribers. If you are a subscriber and unable to log in to our website, please write to subscriptions@caravanmagazine.incaravanmagazine.inThe Caravancontent 100
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 01/07/2025The July issue—The RSS does not exist: mapping the structure of an unaccountable organisation; The cracks in Modi’s Act East policy; Four deaths and no answers in Kashmir’s Kulgam; The commodification of tribal lives in India; and more. Read now: caravanmagazine.in/magazine 141
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 30/06/2025Archives | Read Abhay Regi's entire report of December 2022 on the Lawyers' demand for an Ambedkar statue at the Supreme Court caravanmagazine.in/communities/... 000
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 28/06/2025A United Front: What the Indian media gets wrong about Modi and Trump, and Modi and the world Daniel Block writes, caravanmagazine.in/politics/tru... 010
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 22/06/2025The values that define our journalism, now in a new show. Expect sharp, incisive commentary that cannot be ignored, on The Caravan Long View, with Hartosh Singh Bal and Sushant Singh. COMING SOON! 020
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 22/06/2025The values that define our journalism, now in a new show. Expect sharp, incisive commentary that cannot be ignored, on The Caravan Long View, with Hartosh Singh Bal and Sushant Singh. COMING SOON! 010
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 21/06/2025New Episode: Defence deals में Corruption का पर्दाफ़ाश In this episode, Host Vishnu Sharma talks to senior staff writer, Nileena M S, on the persistence of corrupt practices in India’s defence sector. Watch now: youtu.be/UUlQsdbpvm4 000
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 20/06/2025Foggy Slope to Armageddon: The first South Asian crisis of the third nuclear age Ankit Panda writes, caravanmagazine.in/conflict/the... 000
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 19/06/2025Introducing Caravan’s open-access short reads! This week, read about the history of the Human Development project in an excerpt from David C Engerman’s Apostles of Development: caravanmagazine.in/economy/hist... 010
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 13/06/2025[10/10] Read Praveen Donthi's report from December 2011 on Praful Patel and the fall of Air India: caravanmagazine.in/reportage/ta...caravanmagazine.inPraful Patel and the fall of Air IndiaOn 28 July 2007, Air India’s newest plane descended from the silver cotton clouds of a pale monsoon sky, escorted by a pair of Indian Air Force fighter jets. 000
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 13/06/2025[9/10] “The original order was 10 Airbus aircraft for AI and 18 Boeing for AI Express,” a former senior airline official told me. “The 10 [for Air India] was increased to 50, but it was all given to Boeing.” 100
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 13/06/2025[8/10] The other parties to the making of the airplane deal have declined to speak publicly about the decision to revise the size of the order—or the subsequent and equally controversial decision to give the entire purchase order to Boeing.caravanmagazine.inPraful Patel and the fall of Air IndiaOn 28 July 2007, Air India’s newest plane descended from the silver cotton clouds of a pale monsoon sky, escorted by a pair of Indian Air Force fighter jets. 100
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 13/06/2025[7/10] Sunil Arora, chairman and managing director of Indian Airlines from 2002 to 2005, who opposed many of Patel’s moves with Air India. caravanmagazine.in/reportage/ta... 100
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 13/06/2025[6/10]...the order and awarding the contract to Boeing, citing the shift in seat configuration and the expected delay in delivery of the 787s. “That haunted Arora for a long time,” the senior official said. “The government put serious pressure on him, which may be why he now refuses to talk.” 100
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 13/06/2025[5/10] Objections raised by Airbus were apparently echoed inside the airline: according to the former official, an Air India board member, Sunil Arora, dispatched a “damning” letter in May 2005 to the Cabinet secretary, alleging multiple irregularities in the process of revising...caravanmagazine.inPraful Patel and the fall of Air IndiaOn 28 July 2007, Air India’s newest plane descended from the silver cotton clouds of a pale monsoon sky, escorted by a pair of Indian Air Force fighter jets. 100
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 13/06/2025[4/10] After the Air India board decided to place its order with Boeing on 26 April 2005, Airbus executives demanded an investigation, pointing to the revised seat configuration and the fact that the purchase order included 27 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, which had not yet entered production. 100
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 13/06/2025[3/10] According to a former senior airline official, the specifications for seats and configuration were changed “at the last minute” to favour Boeing, which led to an outraged response from Airbus.caravanmagazine.inPraful Patel and the fall of Air IndiaOn 28 July 2007, Air India’s newest plane descended from the silver cotton clouds of a pale monsoon sky, escorted by a pair of Indian Air Force fighter jets. 100
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 13/06/2025[2/10] Praful Patel with Boeing’s Alan Mulally (left) and Air India CMD V Thulasidas in Mumbai after signing the deal to purchase 68 Boeing aircraft on 11 January 2006. caravanmagazine.in/reportage/ta... 100
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 13/06/2025[1/10] Tailspin: Praful Patel and the fall of Air India Read: caravanmagazine.in/reportage/ta... 131
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 08/06/2025Mallya and Trump were both bequeathed a massive inheritance, and have proceeded to splurge it on expensive cars, yachts, gadgets and apartments across the world. Read Kaushal Shroff's essay from March 2016 on Vijay Mallya: The poor bank’s Donald Trump: caravanmagazine.in/vantage/vija...caravanmagazine.inVijay Mallya: The poor bank’s Donald Trump 000
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 08/06/2025Time and again, a number of ventures under their name have applied for debt-restructuring and despite the frequent liquidity crunch in their companies, both have amassed massive wealth for themselves.caravanmagazine.inVijay Mallya: The poor bank’s Donald Trump 100
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 08/06/2025Archives | Both Vijay Mallya and Donald Trump have a similar style of transacting business. Both of them rely heavily on leveraging debt to buy out companies, and both have repeatedly relied on their respective governments to bail them out. 120
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 03/06/2025Editor's Pick | On 3 June 1959, Lee Kuan Yew, the general secretary of the People’s Action Party, is congratulated by supporters after winning the first general election in Singapore following the institution of self-government. Read the entire story here: caravanmagazine.in/politics/lee... 000
Reposted by The CaravanThe Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 01/06/2025The June issue: Operation Sindoor and the delusion of deterrence; The India-Pakistan conflict sustains the political projects of their leaders; Custodial killings, detentions and demolitions haunt Kashmir after Pahalgam; and more: caravanmagazine.in/magazine 152
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 02/06/2025Read Amrita Singh's December 2024 report on Nita Ambani's campaign to conquer the public eye: caravanmagazine.in/media/nita-a... #IPL #NitaAmbani #MumbaiIndians #Ambanicaravanmagazine.inNita Ambani's campaign to conquer the public eyeThose who watched Nita's rise revealed an almost megalomaniacal instinct to thrust herself into the spotlight and position herself as the jewel in the Reliance crown. 000
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 02/06/2025Archives | The IPL was Nita Ambani’s first major foray into a public-facing role. It was also Reliance’s first venture in the world of sports, which the company has come to dominate. 111
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The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 01/06/2025Print copies of the issue will be delivered to print subscribers and rolled out to newsstands over the next two weeks, depending on location. Copies will also be available for purchase on Amazon from June 10th.caravanmagazine.inSubscribe | The Caravancontent 100
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 01/06/2025The June 2025 issue is now available online for all subscribers. If you are a subscriber and unable to log in to our website, please write to subscriptions@caravanmagazine.incaravanmagazine.inSubscribe | The Caravancontent 100
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 01/06/2025The June issue: Operation Sindoor and the delusion of deterrence; The India-Pakistan conflict sustains the political projects of their leaders; Custodial killings, detentions and demolitions haunt Kashmir after Pahalgam; and more: caravanmagazine.in/magazine 152
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 30/05/2025Read Sushant Singh's notes from our April issue, on how the air chief marshal’s warnings about the crisis in the IAF can no longer be ignored: caravanmagazine.in/security/air... 000
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 27/05/2025It raises profound questions about what makes sexual violence acceptable in India? That there is no evidence? Or that a powerful man can get away with it? Or that the religion of the perpetrator is the only thing of importance? caravanmagazine.in/commentary/w...caravanmagazine.inWrestlers' protest: The magnificent fightThe wrestlers' protest against the BJP's Brij Bhushan Singh is a display of the fundamental relationship between Indian women and the state. 000
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 27/05/2025That is the relationship between women and India’s superstructures: the courts, the police stations and the government. Between the what-aboutery and victim blaming and gaslighting, there is a method to the madness. caravanmagazine.in/commentary/w...caravanmagazine.inWrestlers' protest: The magnificent fightThe wrestlers' protest against the BJP's Brij Bhushan Singh is a display of the fundamental relationship between Indian women and the state. 100
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 27/05/2025Archives | Imagine someone pouring a bag of rice on the floor and asking you to pick up every grain. Then imagine if, every time you spoke up about the injustice, another bag of rice was poured out and you were asked pick each grain up, again. caravanmagazine.in/commentary/w... 111
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 27/05/2025Read Aakanksha Kaushik's notes from August 2016, on the Indian media’s unhealthy obsession with GDP numbers: caravanmagazine.in/perspectives...caravanmagazine.inThe Indian media’s unhealthy obsession with GDP numbersThe media’s disproportionate focus on “discrepancies” in the growth rate allowed the government to avoid answering more serious questions about the GDP. 000
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 27/05/2025In the Indian context, it is imperative that an index is developed that, along with economic growth, assigns value to the environment, natural resources, quality of life, inequities of caste, class and gender and political freedom, among other factors.caravanmagazine.inThe Indian media’s unhealthy obsession with GDP numbersThe media’s disproportionate focus on “discrepancies” in the growth rate allowed the government to avoid answering more serious questions about the GDP. 100
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 27/05/2025The only major metric used by India besides the GDP is the Human Development Index, which just assesses health, education and income.caravanmagazine.inThe Indian media’s unhealthy obsession with GDP numbersThe media’s disproportionate focus on “discrepancies” in the growth rate allowed the government to avoid answering more serious questions about the GDP. 100
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 27/05/2025The indicator includes 26 individual metrics under three main categories: economic, environmental and social. In India’s own neighbourhood, Bhutan, in 2008, introduced the Gross National Happiness index, which also includes social and environmental metrics.caravanmagazine.inThe Indian media’s unhealthy obsession with GDP numbersThe media’s disproportionate focus on “discrepancies” in the growth rate allowed the government to avoid answering more serious questions about the GDP. 100
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 27/05/2025According to a Washington state government website, the GPI has been formulated to “complement” the state GDP, so as to “better articulate the actual lived-experiences of its people.”caravanmagazine.inThe Indian media’s unhealthy obsession with GDP numbersThe media’s disproportionate focus on “discrepancies” in the growth rate allowed the government to avoid answering more serious questions about the GDP. 100
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 27/05/2025Another alternate model, called the Genuine Progress Indicator, or GPI, has been adopted by Finland and many US states, including Washington, Vermont, Maryland and Hawaii.caravanmagazine.inThe Indian media’s unhealthy obsession with GDP numbersThe media’s disproportionate focus on “discrepancies” in the growth rate allowed the government to avoid answering more serious questions about the GDP. 100
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 27/05/2025The OECD ranks its 35 member countries using a metric known as the Better Life Index, whose 11 main indicators comprise housing, environment, income, jobs, community, education, civic engagement, health, life satisfaction, safety and work-life balance.caravanmagazine.inThe Indian media’s unhealthy obsession with GDP numbersThe media’s disproportionate focus on “discrepancies” in the growth rate allowed the government to avoid answering more serious questions about the GDP. 100
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 27/05/2025One of the most prominent initiatives to find better ways of understanding national economic health is Beyond GDP, which involves numerous international organisations, including the European Union and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD.caravanmagazine.inThe Indian media’s unhealthy obsession with GDP numbersThe media’s disproportionate focus on “discrepancies” in the growth rate allowed the government to avoid answering more serious questions about the GDP. 100
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 27/05/2025As a result, governments and economists have been looking for better alternative models, over a hundred of which have been proposed. Though no country has stopped measuring GDP, many have tried to complement it with better indicators to assess national economic well-being.caravanmagazine.inThe Indian media’s unhealthy obsession with GDP numbersThe media’s disproportionate focus on “discrepancies” in the growth rate allowed the government to avoid answering more serious questions about the GDP. 100
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 27/05/2025The depletion of natural resources to increase growth also goes unaccounted for in GDP estimates. By now, these criticisms are well known in Western media.caravanmagazine.inThe Indian media’s unhealthy obsession with GDP numbersThe media’s disproportionate focus on “discrepancies” in the growth rate allowed the government to avoid answering more serious questions about the GDP. 100
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 27/05/2025Further, GDP does not measure income inequality, and thus obscures the fact that a country can show high growth rates even as only a wealthy few prosper at the cost of a poor majority.caravanmagazine.inThe Indian media’s unhealthy obsession with GDP numbersThe media’s disproportionate focus on “discrepancies” in the growth rate allowed the government to avoid answering more serious questions about the GDP. 100
The Caravan @caravanmagazine.in · 27/05/2025Archives | The GDP-obsessed analysis emphasises quantity over quality—to use a medical analogy, it focusses on treating an illness by exponentially increasing the dosage of a particular drug, when another medicine might improve a patient’s health. 111