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The Phantom City: Why India's Urban Engine is Running on Empty

India is positioning itself as a future thirty-trillion-dollar economy, but its metropolises are run like colonial outposts—subservient to state capitals, financially starved, and stripped of local democracy. An analysis of NITI Aayog’s latest blueprint exposes the systemic gridlock keeping Indian cities in a state of perpetual arrest.

NAM editorial · 16 June 2026 · 19 min read

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The $39 Billion Ransom: Buying the Heart, Not the Airframe

Is the $39 billion (₹3.25 lakh crore) deal for 114 Rafale jets is not an "overpayment" for hardware, but a strategic trade-off to secure India’s future as a global aerospace power?

NAM editorial · 31 January 2026 · 13 min read

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The Phantom City: Why India's Urban Engine is Running on Empty

The $39 Billion Ransom: Buying the Heart, Not the Airframe