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Shailesh Haribhakti

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India’s 30 Per Cent Global Output Decline And How AI Can Drive A Civilisational Economic Revival

Drawing on historical data highlighted by Angus Maddison and modern digital reforms, author Shailesh Haribhakti argues that artificial intelligence...

20.02.2026 10

Free Press Journal

Shailesh Haribhakti

India-America ekdum deal se

The India-US trade deal strengthens one of the most consequential economic partnerships

04.02.2026 6

Midday

Shailesh Haribhakti

Union Budget 2026: A quiet budget with loud intent

Budget 2026 signals trust over control; the most important reform is the comprehensive simplification and liberalisation of the Customs and tax...

02.02.2026 3

Midday

Shailesh Haribhakti

The Mathematics Of A Nation That Has Chosen To Compound: India’s Path To Viksit Bharat By 2047

India’s vision of Viksit Bharat by 2047 is a mathematical challenge, not a slogan. Achieving a $25–30 trillion economy requires sustained...

02.02.2026 6

Free Press Journal

Shailesh Haribhakti

India’s Real Budget Is About Institutional Courage, Not Just Growth

India’s Budget and Economic Survey point to a deeper shift—from chasing growth to building institutional courage. In a fragile global order,...

31.01.2026 7

Free Press Journal

Shailesh Haribhakti

Budget 2026–27: The Quiet Architecture Of Trust, Discipline And National Balance Sheet Renewal

The Union Budget 2026–27 should focus on deepening trust, policy stability and balance sheet renewal rather than headline reforms. With mature tax...

21.01.2026 10

Free Press Journal

Shailesh Haribhakti

AI's next reach is world-building: spatial intelligence that can reconstruct and simulate 3D realities

11.12.2025 10

The Economic Times

Shailesh Haribhakti

GST 2.0: A Simpler, Fairer, Faster Tax Regime Is Within Our Grasp

The vision is bold—moving from four major slabs to two basic rates (5% and 18%) and one special demerit rate of 40%—but the opportunity is even...

23.08.2025 10

Free Press Journal

Shailesh Haribhakti

ASI: The Age Of Biotech And Brain-Based Superintelligence

As the Financial Times Asia front page of August 7, 2025, highlights, the world’s frenzied build-out of AI capacity—led by hyperscalers like...

17.08.2025 20

Free Press Journal

Shailesh Haribhakti

World Peace And Security In The Age Of Converging Technologies

Trade flows, once the bruised arteries of a fractured post-pandemic world, are being reknit with visionary urgency.

01.07.2025 20

Free Press Journal

Shailesh Haribhakti

India’s Fragile Pivot As Middle East Conflict Escalates

The world woke up to horrific images of fireballs lighting the Iranian skies, the loss of innocent lives, and anxious families fleeing towns near...

18.06.2025 20

Free Press Journal

Shailesh Haribhakti

Tariff Genie Unbottled – Can It Make The World Thrive?

A 90-day tariff pause by a likely-returning Trump administration is more than a flicker in global trade winds. It is the unbottling of a genie that...

19.04.2025 30

Free Press Journal

Shailesh Haribhakti

The Trump Tariffs In Perspective: A Futurist’s View On Trade, Power And The Coming World Order

The long arc of global economic history has often pivoted on the fulcrum of trade—its expansion or constraint and the ideologies that underpin it....

09.04.2025 20

Free Press Journal

Shailesh Haribhakti