There’s a small textile unit in Tiruppur.The owner wakes up early, checks his email, and frowns. Another buyer from Europe has canceled an order — no explanation, just a polite “due to global conditions.” He sighs. “Global conditions” has become a convenient way to describe a thousand things that are out of his hands — tariffs, inflation, supply chain hiccups, container shortages, even politics. The funny thing is, he’s never been to the U.S. or China. But when they fight, hi

I still remember the first time I typed “IIT Kanpur MSc Economics” into Google. The photos of the campus, the research stories, the faculty profiles — it all felt a bit like looking through a window into my future. If you’re reading this, you probably feel the same tug. The IIT Kanpur MSc Economics Entrance  is one of the ways in. But right next to it sits  JAM. Which route makes more sense? Or should you just take both like so many others do? What I Found Special About the P