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Dynastic Capitalism and Ecological “Externalities”: The Ambani–Piramal Nexus in Post-Liberalization India

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  Dynastic Capitalism and Ecological “Externalities”: The Ambani–Piramal Nexus in Post-Liberalization India Posted on 23rd October, 2025 (GMT 07:35 hrs) ABSTRACT This essay investigates how the marital and corporate nexus between the Ambani and Piramal families consolidates dynastic power while enabling ecological, social, and ethical impunity in India’s neoliberal economy. Operating through the Mitakshara coparcenary system, this “nepo-capitalist complex” centralizes vast wealth across Reliance Industries, Piramal Group, and affiliated ventures, while systematically externalizing environmental degradation, resource depletion, and socio-economic costs onto marginalized communities. Through an integrated critique of Ambani’s Reliance’s pollution and cronyism, Campa Cola’s water-intensive operations, Piramal Pharma’s Digwal effluents, Piramal Realty’s climate-vulnerable coastal real estate, Russian oil dealings, Z+ state protection, and the contested Vantara wildlife project, the ess...
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Schrödinger’s Dilemma and Ajay Piramal: The Mystery Behind “Oxford Talks” — Where Prestige Meets PR

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  Schrödinger’s Dilemma and Ajay Piramal: The Mystery Behind “Oxford Talks” — Where Prestige Meets PR Posted on 23rd October, 2025 (GMT 05:49 hrs) ABSTRACT Ajay Piramal’s 2025 appearance at the Oxford India Forum, widely promoted as an “Oxford Talk,” illustrates the modern commodification of academic prestige. While held at Oxford’s Saïd Business School, the event was business-led, not university-sanctioned, blurring the line between genuine scholarly engagement and curated corporate spectacle. Piramal’s speech echoed government slogans on India’s so-called development, emphasizing optimism and digital progress while ignoring structural inequalities, institutional failures, and empirical critiques. This case exemplifies how elite actors leverage the symbolic authority of Oxford to perform legitimacy, transforming proximity to knowledge into a marketable status symbol rather than a pursuit of wisdom and truth. 0. Prologue In an era defined by curated prestige, social media ampl...
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