Srinath Sridharan

Dr. Srinath Sridharan is a Corporate Advisor & Independent Director on Corporate Boards. He is the author of ‘Family and Dhanda’.

Sarci Sense: India Has Discovered Protein. Again.

Basis Life

In India’s desperate search for protein, a generation raised on social media is paying a premium to rediscover what its own kitchens have known for centuries

Srinath Sridharan

August 15, 2026 at 3:00 AM IST

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Sarci-Sense: Don’t We Believe in Serendipity Anymore?

Basis Life

The finest chapters of our lives were often written by circumstances that never consulted us. The human question is - Are we still leaving enough room for serendipity?

Srinath Sridharan

August 8, 2026 at 6:13 AM IST

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Sarci Sense: Whatever Happened To Knowing The Way?

Basis Life

We have never reached destinations more efficiently. Yet somewhere between landmarks and location pins, we may have stopped truly knowing the cities we live in.

Srinath Sridharan

August 1, 2026 at 6:08 AM IST

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Sarci Sense: Why We Forgot How To Be Unreachable

Basis Life

Human beings have never been easier to find. Yet somewhere along the way, constant connectivity has quietly changed what freedom, trust and even courtesy now mean.

Srinath Sridharan

July 25, 2026 at 5:50 AM IST

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RBI’s Technology Maker-Checker Conundrum

Beyond the remediated BANK.IN security episode lies a larger governance challenge as AI rewrites the economics of institutional assurance.

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July 20, 2026 at 5:12 AM IST

Sarci-Sense: When Everything Becomes Instant, Society Forgets How To Wait Patiently

Basis Life

Every successful business today competes by eliminating waiting. But as technology accelerates life, are we quietly losing the patience, anticipation and resilience that only waiting once taught us?

Srinath Sridharan

July 18, 2026 at 6:32 AM IST

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India Cannot Become Developed On Bank Credit Alone

No major economy has achieved developed-nation status by relying predominantly on banks. India must now build corporate debt markets worthy of its ambitions.

Srinath Sridharan

July 13, 2026 at 6:56 AM IST

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Sarci-Sense: The Indian Habit of Giving Everything Another Chance

Basis Life

The Indian middle class rarely believes anything useful has reached the end of its life. That instinct has shaped our kitchens, our homes and perhaps even our view of the world.

Srinath Sridharan

July 11, 2026 at 6:56 AM IST

WhatsApp’s Usernames And India’s Privacy Challenge

WhatsApp’s username feature has triggered understandable concerns about cybercrime. The larger challenge is regulating digital harm without discouraging privacy-preserving product evolution

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Anand Venkatanarayanan

July 6, 2026 at 5:51 AM IST

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Sarci Sense: Why Middle-Aged Indians Never Travel Light

Basis Life

After forty, every extra item in the bag tells the story of a mistake we have no intention of repeating.

Srinath Sridharan

July 4, 2026 at 5:46 AM IST

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Sarci-Sense: The Problem With Joined Hands

Basis Life

From politics to business and family life, photographs of unity often outlive the relationships they celebrate. Nothing ages faster than togetherness captured for the camera and mistaken for permanence.

Srinath Sridharan

June 26, 2026 at 7:08 PM IST

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Sarci-Sense:The Bucket Problem Nobody Talks About

BASIS LIFE

From hotels to homes, the humble bucket exposes India’s curious distinction between hospitality and hygiene. Perhaps our real challenge is not cleanliness, but the dignity we accord to details in maintenance itself

Srinath Sridharan

June 20, 2026 at 7:17 AM IST

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Telegram Ban: No Neat Answer To A NEET Failure

Telegram did not create examination leaks, and blocking it cannot substitute for root-cause analysis, effective accountability and institutional reform.

Srinath Sridharan

June 18, 2026 at 6:52 AM IST

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RBI Has Bought Time, Reforms Must Do the Rest

India’s central bank has secured breathing room amid mounting external pressures. Whether that respite endures now depends on reforms beyond Mint Street.

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Anand Venkatanarayanan

June 11, 2026 at 5:56 AM IST

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Sarci-Sense: How Weather Became India’s Safest Topic

Basis Life

Middle-aged urban Indians increasingly discuss weather with the enthusiasm once reserved for cricket, politics and stock markets.

Srinath Sridharan

June 6, 2026 at 5:39 AM IST

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Every RBI Word, Said and Unsaid, Will Matter This Week

Monetary Policy

Markets expect no surprise on rates. Their attention will instead be fixed on the signals, nuances and omissions that reveal how the RBI views inflation, growth and uncertainty.

Srinath Sridharan

June 2, 2026 at 4:03 AM IST

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Sarci-Sense: We Don’t Reply, We Compose

Basis Life

Even a simple message has shaped into a small act of editing, restraint, and quiet calculation.

Srinath Sridharan

May 30, 2026 at 5:30 AM IST

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Can Accepted Practices Become Governance Risks?

The alleged practices at HDFC Bank raise larger questions. Can commercially accepted market behaviours evolve into governance risks before institutions are willing to confront them openly?

Srinath Sridharan

May 28, 2026 at 7:19 AM IST

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Central Banking Beyond Textbooks, Critics, and Commentators

The RBI is being judged through theoretical abstractions, comparisons, and shallow critiques. It is a hard task to keep one of the world’s most complex emerging economies stable.

Srinath Sridharan

May 21, 2026 at 5:22 AM IST

Insurance Promoters Must Share Cost of Customer Harm

IRDAI’s proposal to link executive compensation with customer outcomes acknowledges the widening trust deficit within India’s insurance sector. But durable reform will need more.

Srinath Sridharan

May 19, 2026 at 9:21 AM IST

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The Bureau

Nifty Down on Uncertainty Over Crude Supply; Rupee Ends Lower for the Week

Russia Now Supplies More Than Half of India’s Crude-Oil Imports, Says GTRI

India July WPI inflation eases marginally to 9.78% as fuel price pressure moderates

RBI advances FCNR(B) swap window closure to August 31

Women Are Entering India’s Boardrooms. But How Far Have They Come?

Fitch Affirms India's BBB- Rating; Pegs 2026-27 GDP Growth at 6.4%

Merchant Fees Should Not Be levied On UPI Under External Pressure

RBI Allows Banks to Restrict Loan-Financed Phones, Other Devices After Default

UPI & RuPay Payments May Soon Cost You: — Here’s What Could Change

The Foster Mother of Lodhi Garden