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India’s Faustian deal with Tesla
https://themorningcontext.com/internet/indias-faustian-deal-with-tesla  Ashish K. Mishra 22 February, 2025 In paving the way for Tesla to sell its cars in the country with reduced duties, India comes across as partisan and a country that can be bullied into acting against its own interests. 

One car is changing the market sentiment on Maruti. Will it be worth it? https://themorningcontext.com/business/one-car-is-changing-the-market-sentiment-on-maruti-will-it-be-worth-it  India's largest carmaker has solidified its hold in the domestic market on the back of its multi-fuel strategy. With the e Vitara, albeit a late entry to electric vehicles, it hopes to grab a bigger slice of the global auto pie. Azman Usmani 19 February, 2025

Reduced to a Non-Functional Entity': Mumbai Press Club on Delay in Constitution of New Council of PCI f
The Wire Staff  https://thewire.in/media/reduced-to-a-non-functional-entity-mumbai-press-club-on-delay-in-constitution-of-new-council-of-pci the Mumbai Press Club (MPC) and the Editors Guild of India (EGI). "are well known and are active in upholding the rights of the Fourth Estate. It is also significant that it was these two organisations that had taken the lead in the previous Press Council on issues such as the wrongful detention of journalists, the suppression of press persons in Jammu and Kashmir and the mass retrenchments of media personnel during the Covid-19 pandemic. Perhaps this was not appreciated in certain quarters,” said the MPC statement.

Rush at Maha Kumbh shows how Hinduism is losing its pluralistic character  https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/rush-at-maha-kumbh-shows-how-hinduism-is-losing-its-pluralistic-character-9845329/ by Savita Jha 
For Hindus, there has never been a single way to practice faith.

increasingly adopting characteristics often associated with Abrahamic religions — such as centralisation, doctrinal rigidity, mass mobilisation, and an emphasis on obligatory practices.