The Khyat Institute

Chetavani

Chetavani carries the argumentative weight. Named for the admonition tradition: these are counsel, not reportage, and the series takes positions.

  1. 003

    Artha Before Moksha: Why India Cannot Skip the Rung of Prosperity

    From Chanakya to Vivekananda, the tradition put wealth beneath dharma, not in place of it. We turned the ladder upside down.

  2. 002

    The decisive word is 'only'

    India's civilisational settlement rests on a plurality of paths, not a plurality of gods — and on one line that pluralism does not erase.

  3. 001

    The UPI levy arrives at a threshold proposed in 1999

    A 0.4% charge above ₹2,000 is not a tax. Who receives it, and what it makes cheaper to attempt, are the questions worth asking.