Nachiket Deuskar

The Indian Rupee is set for its worst annual performance in 14 years. Bernstein expects the INR to fall to 98 per dollar in its base case scenario, where the West Asia conflict in concludes in less than a month. reuters.com/world/india/in…

I’m okay with Test matches at “non-traditional” venues, but it should not mean that a newer venue gets more/better matches because of vested interests and/or bias. newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/…

The world is being reordered by those who act and those who define. If India wishes to be counted among the latter, it must ensure that its silence does not speak louder than its convictions. We are living through a moment when the rules of the international system are being rewritten in real time. Assassinations of leaders, the killing of civilians, open assertions of force—these are no longer aberrations but instruments. In such a world, silence is not neutrality. It is read, interpreted, and often misread as consent. India has long claimed a distinctive space in global affairs—not as an appendage to power, but as a voice shaped by its own civilisational experience and its history of speaking for sovereignty, restraint, and balance. That voice mattered because it was consistent, even when inconvenient. Strategic autonomy cannot mean adjusting our language to the hierarchy of power. Restraint has its place. Calibration is necessary. But when fundamental questions arise—about sovereignty, about the limits of force, about the protection of civilians—India cannot afford to be silent. A moral compass is not an ornament of foreign policy. It is its direction. Without it, realism drifts into accommodation, and autonomy into ambiguity. This war has damaged India’s interests in almost every practical sense. It has raised costs, narrowed diplomatic room, stressed shipping, complicated Chabahar, and injected fresh instability into a region vital to India’s economy and external strategy. Even if New Delhi can cushion the blow, it cannot plausibly claim that the blow itself serves India. The deeper question is whether India is willing to say so with sufficient clarity.

Not a new incident. This post itself (and not the reply/thread) must say clearly that the video is from January 29, 2025.

13-year jinx broken! The last time MI won their opening match was in 2012!

15 years ago, a 'product' like Astro Talk would be laughed out of investor offices. Let alone, an ad during the IPL feat a working woman being reassured by an astrologer on a screen. Today, it has a $300 mn valuation. Do we no longer even pretend to be rational as people?

Takedown notices mark a new turn in the Election Commission’s frosty relations with the press, writes @sighyush in @scroll_in’s latest Slow Lane newsletter. scroll.in/article/109172…

One month into Iran war, only hard choices for Trump reuters.com/world/middle-e…

Flight Simulator X used to have an airstrip there, if I remember correctly.

In the past 48 hours, drones have crashed in the territories of all three Baltic states: a clear indication that Russia’s war against Ukraine is generating wider regional risk. We will respond by strengthening readiness and accelerating air defence. We must all remain vigilant.

#Slowlane | Reality, when inconvenient, can be challenged by simply declaring that the evidence is “AI-generated” – and enough people will be willing to believe the claim. scroll.in/article/109152… Until now, we were figuring out how to detect AI. Now we are forced to prove something is not AI, writes @PartTimeBowler.

This means the Mumbai Indians and the Chennai Super Kings are valued at WHAT? reuters.com/sports/cricket…

Disinformation and engagement farming are not new. But what is concerning is that conspiracy theories – aided by AI – are no longer acts of the fringe. scroll.in/article/109152… What's more alarming is the sheer number of people willing to overlook reality, writes @PartTimeBowler. #SlowLane

Netanyahu, coffee, fingers, etc. Conspiracy theories – aided by AI – are no longer acts of the fringe. What is also alarming is the sheer number of people online willing to reject or overlook reality. My take in @scroll_in’s Slow Lane newsletter. scroll.in/article/109152…

Iran claims it hit US’ 5th gen F-35 fighter jet. The US military says the jet made an emergency landing and “the pilot is in stable condition”. While we wait for more details, here’s what I wrote in @scroll_in’s Slow Lane newsletter earlier this month. scroll.in/article/109121…

What the US Central Command is saying on record is that the jet made an emergency landing and “the pilot is in stable condition”. cnn.com/2026/03/19/pol…

“We express our readiness to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait.”

Paan stains on Indian walls.

Increasingly seeing experts not hesitating to share videos (that turn out to be altered/deep fakes) posted by social media engagement accounts. No basic verification. Objectivity goes out of the window because the content conforms to their views?

Using “sources” to communicate a government’s official view allows ministers to evade accountability. And that’s the opposite of what journalism is meant to achieve, writes @ShoaibDaniyal in @scroll_in’s latest Slow Lane newsletter. scroll.in/article/109137…