Nishant Dewaney

Last year, fresh out of active newsroom duties and between jobs, I was applying to roles on LinkedIn. Scrolling through the listings, I noticed a particular kind of post that kept recurring. In the middle of a difficult job market, and at a time when most companies were not only cutting costs but also calling employees back to the office, these offered fully remote work for as much as $150 an hour.

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have withdrawn nearly Rs 2.7 lakh crore from India’s equity market since January 2026. On the other hand, the market capitalisation of countries like Taiwan and South Korea has soared, surpassing India, to become the world’s fifth and sixth largest equity markets, respectively. This is indicative of the waning global interest in Indian equities, and by extension, Indian firms.