Ateesh Tankha

The writer is founder-CEO, ALSOWISE Content Solutions

The writer is founder-CEO, ALSOWISE Content Solutions

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Stories by the author

• Putting the Bekaart before AI's racehorse: How widespread adoption of the tech can fill the nation with Kantian roaches

  
  30 May 2026 11:00 PM IST
• Fire or ice: Why a ceasefire in the Gulf cannot hold

  
  13 May 2026 12:45 PM IST
• Healthcare isn't a luxury: Balancing private equity growth with patient affordability in India

  
  01 May 2026 10:57 PM IST
• On being triggered by a tree at Epernay

  
  18 Apr 2026 10:55 PM IST
• Why a new world order is overdue

  
  03 Apr 2026 12:41 PM IST
• More than a Trump card: How the war could really end

  
  23 Mar 2026 09:09 PM IST
• Quid delendum: The petrodollar is the menace to world peace

  
  12 Mar 2026 04:48 PM IST
• View: Data centres may drain us dry

  
  27 Feb 2026 11:49 PM IST
• Barcelona’s El Caganer to Bitcoin: A satire on money and modern myths

  
  21 Feb 2026 11:00 PM IST
• Sabka Bima, Sabki Raksha? Why 100% FDI alone won’t fix India’s insurance problem

  
  08 Feb 2026 11:03 PM IST
• What India could learn from Greece’s indifference to its own glory

  
  24 Jan 2026 11:00 PM IST
• Countries dialling down their dollar dependence is good for the world, average American included

  
  13 Jan 2026 11:09 PM IST
• ₹-backed stablecoin brings little gain, but it puts stability and bank deposits at considerable risk

  
  08 Dec 2025 10:55 PM IST
• Insurance chaos exposed: Why your policy gets dropped without warning

  
  29 Nov 2025 11:00 PM IST
• There’s no free digital lunch: Why India must rethink UPI’s zero-fee model

  
  13 Nov 2025 11:22 PM IST
• Commercial, not tech-savvy: India risks foreign-led growth trap amid FDI euphoria

  
  27 Oct 2025 11:46 PM IST
• India's war on cash deepens: Why toll booths now penalise currency users

  
  18 Oct 2025 11:00 PM IST
• Why Trump's Gaza plan will fail without justice for Netanyahu

  
  30 Sep 2025 11:20 PM IST
• Trump wields club rules, but big tech will still pick up the best

  
  22 Sep 2025 12:09 AM IST
• Securing the New Silk Route: Why India must build digital sovereignty

  
  08 Sep 2025 11:33 PM IST
• When platforms turn more loyal than the king

  
  16 Aug 2025 10:47 PM IST
• Under the sea, for sake of strategy: Why foreign powers hold India’s digital pulse

  
  11 Aug 2025 10:54 PM IST
• Unexpected taxes: Are small merchants in India rejecting UPI due to GST overreach?

  
  20 Jul 2025 10:40 PM IST
• A bad ad for veganism leads to an odd 'debate'

  
  05 Jul 2025 10:26 PM IST
• Trump’s ‘One, Big, Beautiful Bill’ passed in US senate is one big disaster in the making for America

  
  29 Jun 2025 11:24 PM IST
• Are Trump's policies undermining civil liberties & America's democratic values?

  
  18 Jun 2025 12:03 AM IST
• Land of the free, conditions apply: How US clampdown on students and universities threatens free speech

  
  02 Jun 2025 11:25 PM IST
• From Roman censor to modern regulator: Can the RBI be trusted with absolute power?

  
  28 May 2025 10:56 PM IST
• On rent-seeking, while seeking a rental

  
  17 May 2025 11:11 PM IST
• Labour's love lost in USA: Lutnick’s Trumpian dream of highly-paid factory jobs with low-entry barriers is, well, a dream

  
  10 May 2025 01:38 AM IST
• Big Tech’s free use of copyrighted work to train AI devalues creators, crowns a new techno-elite

  
  25 Apr 2025 11:02 PM IST
• A bhasha to learn won't twist tongues

  
  05 Apr 2025 11:00 PM IST
• To safeguard digital sovereignty, India should nurture local talent & firms while forging tie-ups with Big Tech

  
  23 Mar 2025 11:31 PM IST
• Trump's dangerous game: A modern tyrant's struggles

  
  13 Mar 2025 10:33 PM IST
• Is RBI's CBDC initiative just another digital mirage?

  
  06 Mar 2025 10:38 PM IST
• The intriguing intersection of mathematics and life: A personal encounter

  
  01 Mar 2025 11:36 PM IST
• Don, Master of the BitCon? Trump’s crypto reserve plan is fraught with volatility, debt risks, Ponzi concerns — buyer beware

  
  13 Feb 2025 11:17 PM IST
• Why leaving ordinary citizens in the hands of pure profit-making can be a tragedy in the making

  
  30 Jan 2025 11:31 PM IST
• Count down as the Tok Tiks: Can a TikTok ban really solve America’s bigger problems?

  
  22 Jan 2025 10:43 PM IST
• Why facts held Mark Zuckerberg's Meta back

  
  15 Jan 2025 11:16 PM IST
• Monastic economics + Karmic transactions - beat this material-spiritual balance sheet

  
  04 Jan 2025 08:41 PM IST
• Why govt overreach is one of the biggest challenges to liberal democracy

  
  31 Dec 2024 11:00 PM IST
• Did social media and govt collude to create pandemic panic? New report raises alarming questions

  
  15 Dec 2024 11:05 PM IST
• Will Benjamin Netanyahu face justice for war crimes amid international outcry?

  
  03 Dec 2024 10:55 PM IST
• Australia takes on social media: Banning kids under 16, setting a global precedent?

  
  22 Nov 2024 10:55 PM IST
• India's judicial backlog: Can decades-old cases finally find closure?

  
  02 Nov 2024 11:00 PM IST
• Does India really need a central bank digital currency?

  
  21 Oct 2024 11:14 PM IST
• AI leading us up the garden path? The implications of surveillance & the quest for control

  
  07 Oct 2024 10:57 PM IST