2025 was not just another year. It was a year of inflection, both for the world and India.
A volatile global order and fragmenting trade, India’s deep-tech push, the rise of women voters, and worsening climate risks morphing into economic shocks, were developments that were impossible to ignore.
Week after week we decoded these shifts on Capital Calculus, through conversations with policymakers, industry leaders, and thinkers.
In this special episode, StratNewsGlobal.Tech put together the most powerful ideas and standout insights from the interviews conducted in 2025.
It is not just about looking back. Instead it is to grasp their implications. Especially, how they will play out the world and India in 2026 and beyond.
Anil Padmanabhan has been a journalist for the last 36 years. He has worked in various capacities in several publications including Afternoon Despatch & Courier, Press Trust of India, Business Standard, Mint and was based in New York for India Today. He was a Nieman Fellow in 2001. He tweets at @capitalcalculus.
