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India’s Changing Place in the Global Economy: A Reassessment of Rankings under Currency and Geopolitical Pressures
India’s recent movement from the fourth to the sixth largest economy in certain global rankings has triggered commentary, concern, and in some quarters, misplaced pessimism. At face value, such a shift appears to signal an erosion of economic strength. However, this interpretation risks oversimplifying a far more complex reality. In my view, this development is less an indication of economic decline and more a reflection of the limitations embedded in global measurement systems—particularly rankings based on nominal GDP in US dollar terms. The most immediate factor behind this apparent decline is the depreciation of the Indian rupee. India’s economy has not contracted; in fact, it continues to expand at one of the fastest rates among major economies. Yet, because global rankings convert national output into US dollars, even moderate currency…
The Himalayan thorn: Nepal’s border gambit tests ties with India
In the high passes of the Himalayas, geography has a way of dictating politics. Recently, Nepal lodged a formal objection to plans by India and China to route this summer’s Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage through Lipulekh, a strategic pass claimed by Kathmandu as its own. The move, coming weeks after Balendra Shah, a former rapper and mayor of Kathmandu, became prime minister, is more than routine diplomatic friction. It highlights the enduring fragility of relations between India and its smaller Himalayan neighbour, and the awkward position of a country trying to assert itself between two giants. The dispute is as old as it is intractable. The 1816 Treaty of Sugauli, imposed after a war with the British East India Company, set the border along the Kali river. Nepal says the river’s…
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Kailash Mansarovar Yatra: Nepal stakes claim on Lipulekh, India calls it ‘untenable’
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Kailash Mansarovar Yatra: Nepal stakes claim on Lipulekh, India calls it ‘untenable’
Nepal has objected to India and China routing this year’s Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through the Lipulekh Pass, claiming the strategic Himalayan route lies on its…
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India’s Changing Place in the Global Economy: A Reassessment of Rankings under Currency and Geopolitical Pressures
India’s recent movement from the fourth to the sixth largest economy in certain global rankings has triggered commentary, concern, and in some quarters, misplaced pessimism.…
