Samir Saran

The writer is vice president and senior research fellow at the Observer Research Foundation.

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India’s cheapest power needs new buyersSubscriber Only

January 31,2026 07:07:57 AM

Manufacturing clusters, export-oriented industries, and data centres can procure clean electricity through open access or captive routes, gaining long-term cost certainty while absorbing large volumes of new capacity

Sat, Jan 31, 2026

Beyond chips, data centres lies India’s AI opportunitySubscriber Only

December 24,2025 08:41:42 AM

As the world leaves the Compute Era and enters the Diffusion Era, India – its companies, its institutions and governments – must ask three questions

Wed, Dec 24, 2025

What differentiates countries and companies today is the networks they lead. (Illustration by C R Sasikumar)

The affection economy: Kinship, community, soft power — new currency of a new ageSubscriber Only

August 21,2025 06:57:36 AM

The future belongs to those who best understand that the currency for prosperity, influence and well-being at this time is care and belonging

Thu, Aug 21, 2025

5 ways in which India-Russia relationship will shape the world in 2025Subscriber Only

December 20,2024 07:48:50 AM

The ability to partner with nations that are deeply divided by geopolitics has been a feature of Indian diplomacy since Independence. The India-Russia relationship serves not just the two countries in question, but the world

Fri, Dec 20, 2024

This finance needs to be undergirded by India’s unique proposition, its own roadmap, and its own offering to the world. It urgently needs an outward-focused development finance corporation that can catalyse projects globally. (Illustration: C R Sasikumar)

How India can become the bank for the Global SouthSubscriber Only

December 13,2023 07:08:19 AM

Today, India is poised at the moment and GDP that China was in in 2007. Does it have the same gumption?

Wed, Dec 13, 2023

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How India has made the G20 more inclusiveSubscriber Only

September 05,2023 07:00:06 AM

India has changed the tone and texture of the G20. What was once a summit meant merely for technocrats and policy wonks has become a people’s festival

Tue, Sep 05, 2023

The new world – shaped by self-interestSubscriber Only

May 23,2023 07:45:33 AM

Limited liability partnerships among nations will constitute the geometry of politics. This is a gritty, realist world. We may not like it, but it’s here to stay

Tue, May 23, 2023

Amid changing post-pandemic realities, India needs to be swift in identifying partners whom it can trustSubscriber Only

December 29,2020 04:34:48 AM

We will see the rise of a New World Order driven by national interest, reliability of partners, and of course, economic factors. India has to use a “Gated Globalisation” framework to negotiate this change.

Tue, Dec 29, 2020

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COVID pandemic has exposed fragility of global society, governance — and pointed to the way forwardSubscriber Only

March 28,2020 04:00:29 AM

Shashi Tharoor, Samir Saran write: Many will find in this pandemic an opportunity to close themselves off to the international community. India must defy such impulses. If anything, Indian leadership in these times — and a new resolve for global governance — may be just the vaccine that the international community needs to navigate a new decade.

Sat, Mar 28, 2020

A new, fractured global order is upon us. India’s response must evolve accordinglySubscriber Only

January 09,2020 03:54:00 AM

As political ideologies fail to provide purpose and meaning to individuals, they are increasingly finding refuge in identity and religion. The thin line separating church and state is collapsing rapidly.

Thu, Jan 09, 2020