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360° Perspectives
Explore Ravi's work, ideas and insights


Jan 273 min read
There's more to Trump than we see!
Trump and Xi - too smart to play the old tune Donald Trump is undoubtedly the most challenging US President the world has encountered for...
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Sep 27, 20241 min read
India's Demographic Dilemma
Popular Economics Blog by Ravikumar Pillai Have a look at the infographics showing the percentage of youth not engaged in the...
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Sep 27, 20241 min read
Indian Banking Sector needs to consolidate to compete globally
Ravikumar Pillai Look at the top ten banks globally by asset value ranking. Four are Chinese, two each from the US and France and one...
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Sep 19, 20242 min read
India’s Economy – The Southern Odyssey
Perspectives by Ravikumar Pillai GDP vs Per Capita Income - The Southern Scenario Post-liberalisation, the Southern states of India...
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Sep 17, 20243 min read
Indian Left at its Moment of Truth
Political Commentary by Ravikumar Pillai File Photo of Sita Ram Yechury at CPIM Party Congress The Indian Left, a loose term for the...
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Sep 10, 20242 min read
India’s Nari Shakti Is Just a Slogan - Who Cares?
Ravikumar Pillai Female Workforce Participation is Key to Progress For a long time, I have been thinking about the deep-rooted hypocrisy...
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Sep 9, 20244 min read
Can India Crack the Jobs Drought?
Too Many People Chasing Too Few Jobs - The Long Wait Gets on the Nerve Despite clocking one of the highest economic growth in today’s...
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Aug 16, 20242 min read
Can Kamala Trump Don?
With two and a half months to go for the 2024 Polls in the United States, these are still early days to size up the campaign and...
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Aug 7, 20242 min read
The Hard Lessons Bangladesh Teaches India
political analysis by Ravikumar Pillai Mohammed Younis on the cusp of making history Bangladesh's ongoing chaos, mayhem and brutalities...
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Jul 21, 20242 min read
Whom shall we credit for the remaking of RaGa?
The first Budget Session of the Eighteenth Lok Sabha begins on Monday, 22 July. It is a new beginning, an unexpected one because the mood...
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Jul 10, 20242 min read
Reinventing Indian Federal Democratic Nuances
For the past ten years from 2014 to 2024, Indian democracy was in a limbo of sorts. Democracy by name and autocracy by choice. Never...
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Jun 26, 20242 min read
Rahul Gandhi’s Make-over Moment
Hearty Welcome to the New LOP Today is no ordinary day. In the contemporary democratic narratives of India, this day needs to be marked...
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Jun 25, 20243 min read
HOW TO WRIGGLE OUT OF THE NEET CONTROVERSY NEATLY?
A Painful Waiting Game Indeed - NEET Aspirants and Anxious Parents India is too complex a nation that the simplistic solution of ‘One...
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Jun 7, 20242 min read
BJP’s Bench Strength – The Alternatives to Modi
Gadkari and Shivraj - Will one of them make it? Having lost its script to craft a massive victory by playing the old tune of divisive...
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Jun 6, 20243 min read
Making Sense of the 2024 Election Outcome
Modi, Naidu, Nitish - Can the Triple Engine Sarkar Work? It is time to celebrate democracy. It is time to feel proud that our democratic...
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May 28, 20242 min read
Elections 2024 - Which Way the Wind Blows?
Voters in Queue The Election Commission has officially banned all Election Surveys till the conclusion of the polls on the first of June....
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May 27, 20241 min read
Agenda for New Govt: The Employment Challenges
The election fever is about to be over. We will have a new Government on 4th June. Likely, it will be Modi 3.0. There are multiple...
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May 21, 20242 min read
What is in store for India on 4th June
We are just two stops away from the end of the journey. The much-awaited dawn on 4th June is premised upon an unexpected and...
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May 19, 20243 min read
Kerala is Changing -Silently but Surely
Here is a peep into the undercurrent of social and economic changes currently on in God’s Own Country. These changes are a long haul but...
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May 4, 20241 min read
2024 Elections - The Charms of Speculation
We Indians love suspense thrill and imagination. That is why we are mad after IPL, stock market tracking and spending time on political...
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