Aashka Tank

London, UK

Hey there, I’m Aashka. I hail from Mumbai and I study PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) at King’s College London. I find headwinds shaping Indian (and international politics), innovation in business, applied economic models and institutional dynamics especially fascinating. I explore the tides and cross-currents in these arenas in my pieces for Thred! You can reach out to me with ideas and feedback via email.

As my degree suggests, exploring big concepts such as free will, independence, development, justice and democracy with philosophical rigour is something I savour immensely. When I’m tired after my intellectual toils, you can find me immersed in a novel (most likely a victorian or Russian one and almost certainly written by a dead person) while listening to a jazz vinyl record.

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The perils of sidelining younger politicians in India
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People

The perils of sidelining younger politicians in India

How veteran leaders clinging to power can breed discontentment and defections. When it comes to power within a political party, state or nation, politics does seem to be a zero-sum game. This was seen recently in the state of Maharashtra, one of the most electorally significant in India. Ajit Pawar, a politician of the National Congress Party (NCP) broke away, taking a band of parliamentarians with him and was made the deputy...

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RBI issues a ‘get out of debt (relatively) free’ card
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Entrepreneurship

RBI issues a ‘get out of debt (relatively) free’ card

A new circular from the Reserve Bank of India allows willful defaulters and fraudsters to make compromise settlements with banks. In a turnaround from its 2019 guidelines, which dealt harshly with willful defaulters and fraudsters, in June 2023, the Reserve Bank of India published a series of circulars which make these borrowers eligible for compromise settlements. Now, those who have purposely misused the funds lent to them or refuse...

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