As crude oil breaches the $100 threshold for the first time in months — driven by conflict in the Red Sea and fears over the Strait of Hormuz — Indian markets find themselves caught in a familiar human predicament: the entanglement of distant geopolitical fires with the daily arithmetic of savings and investment. On Friday morning, GIFT Nifty's 197-point decline signaled a fourth consecutive day of losses, a quiet reminder that energy, war, and capital remain as intertwined as they have ever been. The selloff sweeping from Wall Street through Tokyo and Seoul to Mumbai reflects not merely marke