Running on just 20W power, the human brain can invent machines, write poems, solve mysteries of soul and space, and, unlike Alphabet’s Waymo cars, navigate streets when the traffic lights are out. It is Socrates,...
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Avoidomycin: How not to toast your health this year
BMI : Never Mind | Body mass index was introduced 200 years ago by Belgian mathematician Lambert Quetelet. It makes no allowance for muscle mass and distribution of fat. Waist-hip ratio is a far better index....
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Befriend inner elephant: Make 2026 resolutions stick
By Anil Bhatnagar Every New Year, millions of people resolve to change their lives – walk more, scroll less, eat better, quit harmful habits. Most of these resolutions, however, gradually lose steam – not because...
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From compliance to joy: A new year’s reminder
By Sivakumar Sundaram There is a peculiar kind of tiredness that has nothing to do with physical work. It arrives when life suddenly promotes you into the role of ‘in-charge’. A parent, elder or mentor...
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2026 with my zebra’s imperfections
Crash! The white and black porcelain shards of my beloved zebra lay all over the floor. I cursed myself for recklessly tossing my stole over it. My sheer ignorance and…… peekaboo! It was not one...
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Invertendo helps realise tenets of Eupraxsophy
By Vijay Vancheswar In the movie Guide , based on a novel by RK Narayan, iconic actor Dev Anand portrays a tour guide named Raju, who is a happy-go-lucky person until he undergoes a transformative...
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Damned If You Don’t
Cursing can make you feel more confident, less stressed. But be smart about when to use it As family and friends crowd together in the festive season, high spirits tend to nudge gatherings towards high...
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People Targeting People
India saw three shocking killings in just one month. These were not accidents — they were acts of hate. This is worrying and dangerous, because it shows how treating some people as “outsiders” is slowly...
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Himalayas and now Aravalis: ‘Rakshasutra’ against mindless development
On the upper reaches of the Gangotri valley, in the vicinity of glaciers and mountain streams, along the banks of the Bhagirathi-Ganga, the slopes harbour dense forests of deodar intermingled with chestnut, blue pine, silver...
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Freeze the gyaan! The real reason Indian women aren’t having babies
Freeze your eggs! Do your duty to society!! Don’t bring children into this horrible world at all. Everybody and their social media uncle has an opinion on the fertility of women. Zoho’s Sridhar Vembu recently...
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Morning Bulletin
Getting schoolkids to read newspapers is a smart idea You can read this, thanks to a unique brain circuit your ancestors evolved about 6,000 years ago. But now that circuit is weakening species-wide because we...
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AI Love You?
No humans, no. It’s just a large language model throwing words at you, based on cold calculations Predictions seldom come true, but the 2013 film Her has turned out to be a fair simulation of...
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Justice denied
Ten years ago, a mob dragged Mohd Akhlaq out of his Dadri home and lynched him. Justice moves tortuously slowly in India. So, that his killers still haven’t been convicted barely raises eyebrows. But even...
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Christmas is a feast for the vulnerable
By Janina Gomes Angels appeared to shepherds at night when Christ was born, announcing the good news, singing: “Glory to God in the highest and peace to all people of goodwill.” The incarnation of Jesus,...
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Atithi Devo Bhava?
Humiliating an African national for not knowing Hindi, exposes Indians to similar abuse abroad During the Mughal era, the British era, and now the Indian era, Delhi has been blessedly spared ‘sons of the soil’...
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Eggs Aren’t the Enemy
India’s food safety body, called FSSAI, has said clearly: eating eggs does NOT cause cancer. Some tests found tiny, trace amounts of certain substances in eggs, but that does not mean they are harmful. Scientists...
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India’s big nuclear reset: Why opening the door—SHANTI—to SMRs makes sense
India’s energy transition has entered a decisive phase. With Union Science Minister Jitendra Singh announcing targets of 22 GW of nuclear power by 2032, 47 GW by 2037, 67 GW by 2042 and 100 GW...
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Messy visit
Kolkata ko gussa kyun aata hai Stop blaming the city of joy for what happened at the Messi event. Kolkata, as we all know, has had two religions: communism and football. While communism may have...
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The lost joy of simple living: Why happiness still hides in ordinary days
We live in an age where life moves faster than our ability to feel it. Every morning begins with a scroll, every evening ends with a checklist, and somewhere between the rush to earn, achieve,...
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The age of brain rot! Why we think less, scroll more
The moment ‘brain rot’ entered the Oxford dictionary, it went viral. People began using it for everything. Before this, many online users casually claimed they had ADD, a real clinical condition that they threw around...
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Turning ESG compliance into a bankable competitive edge for MSMEs
Across global markets, sustainability reporting is transitioning from a voluntary exercise to a core strategic requirement. For executive management teams, this shift is no longer driven by branding or CSR positioning; rather, capital market expectations,...
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Gold as India’s silver bullet
The world’s most famous ship, Titanic, could carry roughly 22,000 tonnes of passengers and cargo. Yet, it couldn’t have carried all the gold owned by Indian households. A recent Morgan Stanley report estimates our private...
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The Danger In Dhaka
The widespread vandalism and arson Bangladesh witnessed over the last 48 hours, adds to the sense of growing chaos in that country. Mobs targeted multiple sites, including two of Bangladesh’s largest newspapers, The Daily Star...
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Here Are 10 Things India Should Do To Kill Smog
The solutions are not rocket science. But they require real governance India’s smog is so real, you don’t need a Lok Sabha debate to establish its existence – it’s even visible from space. So, it...
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2025: When we finally started counting care work
Every December, we look back at what this year meant to us. And one of the quietest shifts has been in how we see “care work”… the cooking, cleaning, caregiving, the small everyday labour that...
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Dhikr of the tongue is a doorway to dhikr of the heart
Constant remembrance of God’s name delivers us from the stresses and strife of ordinary life. The transformation is profound. When one is anchored in God’s love, one develops a compassionate heart and views all events...
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It’ll Be Happy Ending…
…If I&B ministry lets film festival preview committees be sole arbiters of what can or cannot be screened On Oct 19, 1980, you could have walked into Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan at 3pm, and watched a...
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Give Enough Time, EC
Commission should have empathy for those incorrectly excluded from voter rolls in Bengal & other states Almost 8% of Bengal’s voter roll of Jan 2025 has been excluded in the new draft rolls post-SIR. Lists...
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Air control
China has far more cars and factories than India, yet its air is cleaner. It shows India’s air problem can be fixed WHO says the level of PM2.5 – particles so tiny they can enter...
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Crème de la crème
Winter had suddenly made a friendly special appearance in the neighbourhood and my skin was feeling dry. I decided to explore Kamala’s dressing table to see what I could find to help my parched face,...
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Stealing the ball
Messi reception in Kolkata reminded the nation that VIP culture is very much alive, and kicking the masses In Sept, French president Macron was stuck on an NYC street closed for Trump’s passage. He did...
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How PM Modi’s visit could cement Jordan as the linchpin of India’s IMEC vision
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Jordan on December 15 as part of his three-nation tour to Jordan, Oman and Ethiopia is far more than a routine diplomatic engagement. His reciprocal visit to the Hashemite...
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Kerala assault case shows what can happen when a survivor speaks out
They say a good criminal plans ten steps ahead. Pulsar Suni, the main perpetrator in the prominent case where a Malayalam actress was abducted and sexually assaulted in a moving car in Kochi in 2017,...
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Secrets in stickers
Codes are like secret languages that only some people understand A tough gang in the NCR once used a very simple but clever code. They didn’t use computers or fancy spy tricks. They just used…...
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India’s nuclear crossroads: A decade of deterrence, technology and strategic alignments (2025–2035)
China’s pursuit of defence-technology dominance rests on an aggressive civil–military fusion model that integrates private-sector innovation directly into its military-industrial complex. By treating AI, robotics, quantum systems, and biotechnology as dual-use enablers of future warfare,...
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Voodoo & Hoodoo
It’s super that you and I don’t believe in superstition and all that rubbish Like the man who said, “Thank God I’m an atheist!”, I claim to be a rationalist who would thank a palmist...
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The food-mood connection: How nutrition impacts mental health
The relationship between food and mood is complex and bidirectional. What we eat can significantly impact our mental health, and conversely, our mental state can influence our food choices. Understanding this connection can empower us...
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Create discomfort – a mindset!
This article attempts to touch upon the concept that creating some intentional discomfort in life can enhance quality of life, and help us to further push our limits and discover our hidden potential. There is...
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Don’t cage rage
It’s your password to social media power ‘Rage bait’ is the OED’s Word of the Year. If you were born after Y2K, you need no explanation, but for social media illiterates it’s spelt out as...
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Creative destruction is essential to attain balance
By G S Tripathi The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Science was announced recently. The prize theme describes two periods of economic progress: a stagnating period of the economy in the pre-industrial revolution period and...
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Who should pay what, and why apartment maintenance needs a fair formula
In city after city, homeowners’ associations and resident welfare associations (RWAs) in India are locked in what has become a recurring, bitter debate: should maintenance and common-service charges be based on flat size or on occupancy...
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The great Shakespearean marriage dilemma
By Ranjeni A Singh Actor-politician Jaya Bachchan was recently quoted as saying that she does not want her granddaughter to get married and called marriage an outdated institution. This prompted a section of netizens to...
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Big Breaking
Monopolies are when one company becomes so big that it controls almost everything in its market. That sounds bad — but deciding when a company is “too big” is actually very tricky. Think about this:...
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The AI job wipeout is not what you think: 5 unbreakable skills that will make you indispensable in 2026
The headlines today are terrifying. They scream: “AI will replace 300 million jobs.” “The robots are coming for the white-collar worker.” If you feel a knot in your stomach every time you read about the...
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Content is king
That’s the message from Netflix-Warner deal. And they better throw audiences a party, instead of under the bus Batman, Superman and Harry Potter. Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings. The Matrix and The...
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How do you know if your ACL surgery failed?
First, let’s look at what gets you there to begin with. “Doc, I pivoted, and my knee gave way.” Or “Doc, I hyperextended my knee and heard a pop.” Those, and a host of other...
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The ‘chill state’ of happiness
Monday is my maths exam. It was the alert statement from our son on Saturday evening. We took all the privilege and pain to take part in the preparation for Monday’s test. However, during the...
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The impact of culture on dating in India: When your heart meets your heritage
In many coaching sessions where relationships come up, I silently ask one question before my client finishes their story: Is this their choice, or their culture speaking through them? In India, dating is never just...
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PutiNamo
India’s Prime Minister Modi and Russia’s President Putin had an important meeting. It came at a time when the world’s politics are changing fast. First, the meeting showed that both countries want to make their...
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Asia’s emerging economies are quietly becoming the world’s new innovation labs
Walk through any marketplace, school corridor or district hospital in Asia today and you will notice something quietly shifting. Systems that once felt slow and overburdened are beginning to work smarter. Services are becoming more...
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IndiNoGo
IndiGo had two years to prepare for new pilot rostering rules. Why didn’t it do so, is the question Thursday was the third day of IndiGo flight disruptions that left lakhs of flyers stranded, often...
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Faith accompli
So, you still don’t believe in miracles? On Nov 15, I was devastated; a fortnight later, I was uplifted. Incredulously. The long-defunct fire temple of my Kolkata childhood had literally risen from the ashes. Last...
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Running with the Big Boys: The day I rode beyond my limits
It began, like many questionable life decisions, over a cup of mid-morning filter coffee. I was at our neighbourhood Udupi restaurant, contemplating the aroma of the coffee and life itself, when a gleaming motorcycle slid...
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Avocado a la carte
From being a poor man’s food, the fruit has gained celebrity status in the culinary world It was a green gooey glob in the salad bowl. And it tasted like manna from heaven, with a subtle savour...
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Saving an Owl Family
In Telangana, something amazing happened: people came together to protect an owl family — and it shows that birds work just as hard as we do. Owls are usually quiet, secretive birds that come out...
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Swiss Sense
Some people think that if we tax rich people a lot, the government will suddenly have enough money to fix every problem. But this idea doesn’t always work — and Switzerland is a great example...
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Parting with books
While cleaning my bookshelf and sorting out the titles now destined to reach a library, I came across several books I had referred to during the time I wrote my first book. They accompanied me...
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Seeking the divine beloved beyond whom there is no beyond
“The gnostic is not veiled from God by the coming or going of things,” said Egyptian Sufi master Hazrat Ibn ʿAṭā Allāh al-Iskandarī (1259-1310), the third murshid (spiritual guide) of the Shadhili Sufi order. In his...
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70 years on, why do Sindhis still need to prove they belong?
In Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and several other parts of the country, Sindhis have been gathering in anger and solidarity, sharing videos, holding rallies, and flooding social media with messages of unity. The target of their...
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2 bears, 1 garlic clove and a grandma’s unbeatable longevity formula
Nani’s longevity secrets were simple. She once told me that after she crossed 70, she ate a raw garlic clove every morning. She claimed it was great for the immune system and asked if I...
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Studio India
Have you ever noticed that so many new gadgets look almost the same? Black, shiny, flat… like someone copy-pasted your smartphone onto every machine in the house. Microwave? Looks like a phone. Water purifier? Also...
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Labour of love
We now have proof that our babudom is renowned for its devotion to work “I love work,” wrote Jerome K Jerome in his Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow. “Come to my study and I’ll...
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Children suicides… when will teachers own up for this?
The viral CCTV footages of ongoing suicides by school children have been some of the most difficult live captures to watch of late. School children just casually jumping from the parapet walls in corridors. It...
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The inner battle between mind and intellect
By Jaya Row The Gita is not just a scripture of bygone ages; it is a scientific manual that helps manage the most sophisticated equipment known to humankind – the inner personality. It enables you...
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COPs and robbers
Pollution-solution? We haven’t the foggiest What’s that Zohrabai Ambalewali golden-oldie? AQI-aan mila ke,/Stubble jala ke,/Chaley nahin jana? Looks like Mumbai and Dilli are playing catch-up, catch-up. FOMO Mumbai is determined to match Dilli’s air quality...
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Zodiacal mix-up
Whatever you think your birth sign is, you’ve got it wrong by 2,000 years Sceptics have long regarded predicting the future, and defining an individual’s personality using the signs of the zodiac as mumbo-jumbo. Now...
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Brotherhood of life: Have animals no rights?
By Sadhu TL Vaswani We speak much of our civilisation. We speak, again and again of the achievements of science. We speak of the wonderful things done, according to some, in the past two centuries....
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Car & Sarkar
Govt must upgrade auto safety norms more than it’s planning to do Finally, stricter norms are to be rolled out for automobile safety in the next phase of Bharat NCAP starting Oct 2027. Cars will...
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Homebound – A tale of friendship triumphant over hate, prejudice and the pandemic
Humanity has always possessed a remarkable ability to rise from crises that threatened its very existence. History, across eras and borders, has repeatedly confirmed this truth. Homebound, India’s entry to the Oscars this year, reinforces...
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To junk the junk, India must redefine what ‘food’ really is
Over the past decade, India has seen an explosion in the availability of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) such as biscuits, chips, instant noodles, sweetened beverages, and confectionery. These have replaced traditional diets and become daily staples....
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Tejas tragedy has hard lessons but it should not clip aerospace ambitions
Back in 2016, this writer contributed an oped about Tejas under the headline ‘A Chance for Asia to Pull Out the Big Guns: India Showing the Way by Building a Fighter Jet and Taking on...
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When teachers turn bully: The trauma that we don’t speak about
If childhood is supposed to be a garden filled with colourful flowers, then let me tell you, I had a weed in mine. A towering, thorny, poison-ivy kind of weed that answered to the name...
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A Sad Day, But Tejas Still Matters
There was a very sad accident at the Dubai Air Show. An Indian fighter jet called Tejas crashed, and the pilot did not survive. Because this show is one of the biggest in the world,...
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Eat’s Your Life
New study on snacks highlights why govt action is critical. But no substitute for personal discipline Someone trying to lose weight, failing and feeling like a failure – this is among the commonest experiences of...
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Supreme take – Explained simply
The Supreme Court (SC) was asked some big questions by the President about what governors and the President can or cannot do. Here’s what the SC said, in kid-friendly language: Governors can’t just sit on...
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Embrace the changing season: Your food guide to staying healthy from the inside out
As the seasons shift, so do our bodies. The changing temperature, humidity, and daylight hours can affect everything from our mood and energy levels to our overall health. But the good news is that the...
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TN, Bengal & BJP
Politics is very different in these two big states, but for next year’s polls, the party’s base strategy will be similar Mahila vote finely targeted in Bihar, while caste remained the narrative, it’s interesting that...
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What if… Nassim Taleb built news product
In the previous post, I summarized Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s criticism of the news. In this blog, I imagine what it would take to address his legit concerns. If Taleb built a news product, he would...
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India-China: Himalayan banalnce of power
The clash of ambitions between India and China in the Himalayas is not a temporary friction—it is a structural geopolitical reality. Yet, despite Beijing’s massive investments in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), infrastructure, and military...
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Chatbot chamchagiri
A study reveals that AI sucks up to people more than people suck up to each other When asked if he were a chamcha of Indira Gandhi, whom he openly and frequently championed, Khushwant Singh...
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The political Yes-Man in your pocket: How AI quietly trains your ideology
(Part 3 of The Sycophancy Machine series) Open your phone, scroll for five minutes, and you’ll meet the most loyal political advisor you’ve ever had. Not a party leader, not a commentator, an algorithm. A...
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Smoking Gun
All studies show vehicle emissions are strongly tied to mileage, not age. When will law take note? Nowhere in the democratic world, barring India, are owners forced to scrap old vehicles. Berlin or London, you...
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Politics & religions divide us; fundamental duties must be made legally binding to ensure preachers & teachers spread harmony not hatred
1) Harmony & peace: Only thru’ Governance, Academia, professional institutes, etc. can we ensure that each and every citizen learns and strives to imbibe the spirit of ‘Constitutional Fundamental Duties’; of ‘Karma-Yoga’, KY (as all...
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On the food trail
Indian Railways is planning to redo about 1,200 train stations, and one new idea is to let big, single-brand food companies open shops there. This could make stations feel a bit like airports, where you...
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Kalahasti – Where destiny, energy and faith converge
When I studied astrology, I began experimenting by drawing up life charts for my family members. Understanding how planetary energies, constellations and shadow planets influence our chakras, meridians and aura opened a completely new dimension...
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Asrani, Satish Shah, and the vanishing art of comedy in Hindi cinema
Fear of being overshadowed made many a lead actor avoid being cast alongside superstar comedians. They started integrating comic elements in their own tracks, hogging the punch lines The recent passing of Asrani and Satish...
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The art of winning big without a wave
Indian elections are narrated in familiar terms. Someone ‘wins’, someone ‘loses’, and the result is framed as a wave. We assume that decisive verdicts emerge from large swings in electoral mood or someone’s incredible charisma....
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Why do we love sorrowful songs?
By Surakshit Goswami The mind is skilled at holding on to sorrow, which is why most people are drawn to sad songs. Though songs are written about both joy and grief, the mind wants to...
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NDA, Say Cheers
How BJP-JDU can start changing Bihar’s economic trajectory. Plus, lift the ban on booze What does NDA’s massive win mean for Bihar’s future? One key takeaway from BJP-JDU’s seat haul is that it’s clear the...
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Maha neglect
Worrying levels of child malnutrition in Maharashtra has HC worried. What about govt? Bombay HC has upbraided state govt for taking public health – in this case child malnutrition – “extremely casually”. HC was responding...
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Fat-checking
New weapons of ‘mass’ destruction There was much buzz last week over weight-reducing drug Mounjaro becoming No. 1 pharma brand, outselling infection-reducing Augmentin. This not only knocks inches off its exultant users but now made...
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The concept of wake hygiene: Starting your day on a positive note
When we think about sleep hygiene, we often focus on the practices and habits that help us get a good night’s sleep. However, have you ever considered the importance of wake hygiene? The first 30...
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Plot Thickens
Emerging link of doctors from J&K to Delhi blast points to indoctrination of white collar professionals More than a day has passed since a car blew up outside Delhi’s Red Fort in the evening rush...
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India inc powers ahead on the road to net zero
India’s drive to reach its ambitious renewable energy targets – 500 GW non-fossil capacity by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2070 demands is witnessing broad-based participation from corporations. Leading companies as well as start-ups are...
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No Deterrent, All Detergent
A scary story of fake ghee and how some people fool everyone Imagine finding out that the ghee used in the famous Tirupati laddoos wasn’t real ghee at all — but made of chemicals! That’s...
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Limits of understanding and invention of God
By Aditya Mukherjee Wouldn’t we all do better by accepting that no human being will ever understand another?” This sentence from Graham Greene’s A Burnt-Out Case confronts one of the most enduring truths about human...
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Little or no stipend for docs – NMC’s empty threats ignored
Private medical colleges not paying stipend to MBBS interns is not new. A quick look at news reports on the subject over the years shows that this is an issue medical students have been complaining...
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Teams win only when plans meet follow-through
Planning is where every successful project begins — and the Gantt chart remains one of the most powerful ways to bring order to complexity. It helps teams see the big picture and keep projects on...
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Elevating India’s tomorrow: Uttarakhand’s strategic contribution to global power
Uttarakhand completes twenty-five years of statehood, and stands at a defining point in India’s journey toward global prominence. November in Devbhoomi carries both symbolic and strategic resonance. These mountains are not merely a landscape; but...
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Mamdani: Win of global socialism’s new face has lessons for India
When Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City this week, it marked a political first: the most prominent democratic socialist to hold executive office in the US — and one with deep Indian...
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Great Groups, Not Great Men, Do Great Things
But not every ‘team’ fits the criteria It starts in the family, in our first playground, first school project. Our entire life is made up of navigating different groups’ dynamics. The same applies to the...
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The blue skies of the United States of America
I have been roaming the entirety of the United States of America over the past many months transversing cities, countryside, desserts, beaches, downtowns and have observed that only a few things capture the vastness and...
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Brain’s layers: Unpacking rage and a quantum future
By Shantanu Nagarkatti In theatre of the mind, where impulse clashes with intellect, a mid-20thcentury theory endures like a stubborn stage set: the Triune Brain. Coined by neuroscientist Paul D MacLean, the term ‘Triune Brain’...
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Dev Diwali: When the gods descend to Varanasi
Experience the celestial spectacle of Dev Diwali 2025 in Varanasi — when the Ganga glows with millions of diyas, the gods descend to Earth, and devotion meets light. Varanasi ghats illuminated with millions of diyas...
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Do parties really understand Bihar’s young?
Scramble to woo youngsters ignores the price they pay to escape the stigma of unemployment As Bihar votes today on 141 constituencies, all eyes are on smaller parties like Chirag Paswan’s LJP(RV), Manjhi’s HAMS, Kushwaha’s...
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The ultimate physics of everything
By K M Gupta The essence of everything is space. It is the foundation and cause of all things; existence itself is merely a tenant at the will of space. Space is both the first...
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What the doctor ordered
Doctors and nurses from India are loved all over the world. In fact, more Indian health workers work abroad than from any other country. Between 2020 and 2021, about **75,000 Indian doctors** and **1.2 lakh...
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Maiden Over
Some aunty national friends review Sunday’s win Kamala was ecstatic – for once she had sat up late with her friends to watch a cricket match – and had her tryst with destiny at midnight....
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The Bihar Vote
Post-caste survey powerplay & minor shifts in margins will likely decide the election The calibrated manner in which Bihar’s political parties are carrying out their poll bandobast is a peek into how elections in large...
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#58: From glucose to ketones and beyond – The body’s five fuels explained
We all know that our food provides the fuel our bodies need to function. Although most of us are familiar with glucose and fat as the fuel sources, there are three other fuel sources! And...
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Trump, Xi have pressed pause but great-power rivalry is here to stay
After long conversations between their commerce, trade and treasury representatives over the last year, US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping finally met in Busan, South Korea, to chart the trajectory for a...
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Salaam New York! How Mamdani is helping close the culture gap
Whether Zohran Mamdani becomes the next mayor of New York City or not, his candidacy has been an unexpected crash course in South Asian Studies 101 for mainstream America. His mother, Mira Nair, has explored...
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Dadu to the Donald, the rules we take for granted
My dadu, my father’s father, was bipolar: he had long periods of deep depression, when he would barely move or talk, followed by short highs when he had the irrepressible energy of a five-year-old. In...
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When science defied Hitler and Stalin
Persecuted botanists, seed bank & siege of Leningrad How political ideology and violence can lay waste to scientific achievement, and the resilience and resolve of scientists committed to their mission despite persecution, war and starvation,...
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Ethical veganism extends beyond diet
By Sumit Paul Animals are my friends…and I don’t eat my friends,” said George B Shaw. Every year on Nov 1, World Vegan Day is commemorated. For those new to veganism, it serves as an...
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Ghouls & demons as metaphysical metaphors
By Narayani Ganesh Each year, in many cultures across the world, ancestors are propitiated and ceremonies performed to welcome them on their earthly visit as spirits. Pitr Paksh, Shraadh, Samain, Halloween, Bhoot Chaturdashi are some...
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Port-Ability
Maritime growth and governance are finally being addressed seriously and with commitment. It’s a long voyage ahead As the Maritime Leaders Conclave comes to a close, the future of India’s ports ecosystem looks promising, thanks...
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Musked ‘Facts’
Elon Musk says his new project, Grokipedia, is all about truth. But that raises a big question: can we really trust AI to know what’s true and what’s not? A long time ago — about...
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Back To Business
That stability seems to be returning to Tatas’ top level is good news for the conglomerate and for the country. This is an opportunity for Noel Tata to create his own legacy By numbers, Tata...
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‘Aura’ story, horror story
The curated path to online applause Not knowing the ABC of GenZ, I learnt about ‘aura farming’ only from this week’s STOI. It explained that your clothes, quotes, company you keep and vice versa, dance...
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Musked ‘Facts’
Musk says truth is the foundation of his Grokipedia. But how can we trust AI to know what’s true & what’s not In Western thought, Aristotle’s correspondence theory is the gold standard definition of truth...
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Hello, Hello
Right now, GOI should help Vi. But it must exit the telco soon. And it should disband BSNL, sell its assets India’s third largest telco, Vodafone Idea (Vi), is so deep in debt that pressing...
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SIR, Please Note
Good that EC’s 12-state roll revision incorporates lessons learnt in Bihar. But the commission needs to do more As EC launched the special intensive revision of voter rolls for 12 more states, it also expressed...
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What Indore tells us
That visiting cricketers were molested speaks to how India treats the issue of women’s safety MP cops are advertising their quick arrest of the man accused of molesting two Australian women cricketers. The team was...
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Sacred shores of Gujarat – Dwarka, Nageshwar, Beyt Dwarka & Somnath
This Diwali, we decided to celebrate not with lights alone, but with the radiance of divine blessings, embarking on a sacred pilgrimage across the spiritual heart of Gujarat. Our journey began by train to Ahmedabad,...
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What Lindsey Vonn is teaching older athletes
When the world’s best downhill ski racer retires—in part due to severe knee arthritis—it makes everyone who follows skiing a little sad. Here is how that sadness has turned to ecstasy. Vonn won 43...
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Where data ends, daring begins!
With Siri, Alexa, Gemini, and the likes as virtual assistants, taking commands to perform tasks, often subjected to reprimands too if they dare fall short of expectations , apologetic, obedient and loyal — these are...
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Wary of unpredictable US, SE nations look to India as steady partner
Once again, it is the season for the clustered diplomatic marathon, with ASEAN and East Asia Summits kicking off in Kuala Lumpur (KL) from Sunday. As southeast Asia struggles to manage great-power competition, and cope...
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AI can’t get common sense…
Artificial intelligence entrepreneur and neuroscience researcher Max Bennett has a fascinating thesis in A Brief History of Intelligence: Why The Evolution Of The Brain Holds The Key To The Future Of AI – understanding how biological intelligence evolved can...
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Water Namah: Revere natural resources
By Narayani Ganesh Waternamah,a collection of articles on water edited by Bachi Karkaria, pays tribute to 300 years of Mumbai’s Bhikha Behram Well, which has yielded pure, sweet water to the city’s residents. Waternamah is...
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India–Africa partnership in indigenous knowledge system and climate resilience
When we speak of climate change, we often turn to satellites, technology, global frameworks, and new innovations. Yet, there exists a vast reservoir of wisdom that has quietly helped communities survive and adapt for centuries,...
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Death Of The Donkey
Its drastically cut population shows we are inhumanly unthankful for millennia of service If it was happening to humans, you would call it genocide. The latest available census data for Madhya Pradesh shows that it’s...
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India’s love affair with rice
Rice holds a unique place in India, not just as a staple but as a symbol of life and abundance. In the Rig Veda, it is mentioned as vrihi, revered and often offered to the...
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Different Old Story
India’s growing numbers of elderly need a supply of rules-bound professional caregivers. That’s not happening The import of a Bombay HC verdict, in a case on proper care arrangement for an elderly person, will resonate...
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Let the soldiers fight the real war
Our soldiers face the enemy at dawn, in snow that cracks bones and in deserts that burn flesh. They patrol minefields, scale ridges, and carry their dead on their shoulders. They defend India with blood,...
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Thirsty data
India’s growing its role in data centre market, but it must augment water availability first Monday’s outage at Amazon Web Services is a reminder of the cloud’s earthly nature. You can ‘dematerialise’ your songs, movies,...
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Decoding Diwali: Unveiling the symbolism and significance
Diwali comes every year with new hopes and expectations. As Diwali, the festival of lights is round the corner, people across the country are eagerly waiting and have started their pre-Diwali preparations with greater enthusiasm....
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A festival is the feast for senses
By Sumit Paul Once a disciple asked Jalaluddin Rumi, ‘Why are you lighting lamps? This is practised by infidels.” The mystic cried and told him: “Because of benighted souls like you, i light lamps.” Light...
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Burning Question
A woman had her face burnt by a drink set on fire in a pub, which was fined just ₹1L. That’s a problem A Bengaluru pub was sued in consumer court by a 28-year-old woman...
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Injection Party
Big divide this Diwali will be between those who are still interested in food, and those who aren’t Forget the Fendi, the cape lehenga, the 7-star spa session. Forget also all the stuff Indians have...
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Festival Of Families
Family doesn’t only mean sharing genes or marital status. The definition is expanding joyfully The heady high of any festival is invariably tinged with a sense of minor dread as we prep to spend longer...
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Mystical Egypt – Where time, spirit, and legends converge (Part 3)
Our cruise sailed from Aswan in the late afternoon, reaching the Temple of Edfu just before sunset. It is one of the best-preserved shrines in Egypt and the largest temple built entirely of sandstone, dedicated...
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Why does the cow lose and the dog wins? The urban-bias hypothesis
It is becoming increasingly apparent that urban societies have a growing affection for dogs, while simultaneously developing a disdain for cows. But what accounts for this phenomenon? This trend can be explained by what Michael...
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DDLJ at 30: Why modern Simrans are giving up on Raj
Thirty years of ‘Diwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’, the film that invited a subset of urbane women to ‘come fall in love’. My qualifications to trace its journey involve being an accidental chronicler of the economics...
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Decoding the magic of ANNs
I have come across various ways of defining Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). Many of them miss a fundamental characteristic of theirs. An ANN is a machine learning model. Like all machine learning models, an ANN...
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Bhoot Chaturdashi: Lamps, greens, and shakti
By Amitava Basu Observed in Bengali households the night before fervent blaze of Kali Puja, Bhoot Chaturdashi has an unmatched gravitas. Often misunderstood as merely a night of ghosts, it is in truth a sacred...
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Beyond the Border: Understanding the renewed Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict
Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan are on the boil following a major military escalation involving cross-border airstrikes and heavy clashes leading to casualties on both sides and the closure of key border crossings. Pakistan has...
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Death By…?
SC is right. India should have a debate on what can replace hanging when it comes to capital punishment Supreme Court’s lament about govt not willing to modernise the delivery of death sentence – it...
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Doon doesn’t need a Rs 6k cr elevated corridor; it needs better traffic management, efficient public transport
Uttarakhand appears to be ignoring lessons from cities around the world as it considers the proposed 26-km, Rs 6,200-crore Rispana-Bindal Elevated Corridor (RBEC). Experts warn that the project, planned over Dehradun’s twin rivers, the Rispana...
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Not Gold, But Shining
Silver’s sterling run is not just as a hedge but because it’s used in tech products Imagine going to the bank to buy a silver bar, only to be told they’re all sold out. This...
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Can’t Tech It Easy
Google’s India AI hub is great news. Governing AI to India’s advantage is another matter Not all infra is equal. Google’s Visakhapatnam AI hub, to be built with $15bn over the next five years and...
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Buffer Against Buffering
Patchy connections let down India’s internet cover. Making govt payouts dependent fully on e-KYC warrants a rethink Adoption of tech has made governance smoother and more efficient. But direct cash transfers aren’t the magic bullet...
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Friendship between India and China: A new chapter in history
The shifting contours of the contemporary global order reveal intensifying rivalries, particularly between the United States and China. Heightened military encounters in the South China Sea and escalating trade tensions underscore the fragility of the...
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A quiet neighbourhood somewhere in Bangalore
When in Bengaluru, we live in a quiet-ish neighbourhood which is tucked into one of the older parts of the city, far from the horns-blaring, guns-blazing kind of noise that Bangalore cities are now infamous...
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When shoe fits, the foot is forgotten
By Osho Remember, this is one of the greatest mantras: …when the shoe fits, the foot is forgotten…when the belt fits, the belly is forgotten; and when the heart is right, ‘for’ and ‘against’ are...
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Autumn Of Work
Trends change. Quiet quitting gives way to job hugging. AI will wreak more change. Then what? HR trends have this in common with diet trends, that just when you learn one, another pushes it to...
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In a state where caste is the constant, can PK be the variable?
Prashant Kishor, the backstage strategist of multiple winning campaigns across the country, is now in the spotlight himself. In Bihar’s bi-nodal political landscape — divided between the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Mahagathbandhan (MGB)...
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Andhra Pradesh’s war on digital dissent: When democracy turns on its own citizens
In July this year, the Andhra Pradesh High Court issued an unusually sharp warning to the state’s magistrates. In a circular that raised eyebrows across legal circles, it reminded judicial officers that police remand requests...
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Phantom police?
He doesn’t quite crash land but takes form all a sudden – a life-size apparition in uniform, if you find yourself in Seoul’s popular Jeo Dong Park. Don’t let him spook you – it’s only...
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Blueprint for lasting peace in Palestine
Recently, US President Donald Trump unveiled a detailed plan for Gaza. It called for an immediate ceasefire, hostage exchanges, and a staged Israeli withdrawal, while placing Gaza under temporary international supervision with promises of large-scale...
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Numbers game
The other day I was pleasantly surprised by receiving a mail on my mobile phone from the Vice Chairman and MD of my service provider. The mail assured me that the provider had strengthened safeguards...
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One must imagine Sisyphus happy
By Tapan Susheel Suicide, often a consequence of depression and despair, remains a major public mental health challenge. As per the latest WHO data, more than 7L people die by suicide every year across the...
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An old story retold: Builders’ asymmetry and buyers’ helplessness
Sunil Baghel’s Times of India article (October 8, 2025) rightly draws attention to the long-standing problem of asymmetric terms imposed by builders on homebuyers. I had written on this very issue years earlier in four articles, one of...
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Stranger Things
Everyone seems to be talking about new weight loss drugs — and many people in India are rushing to try them. It’s almost like when people first got hooked on chips, instant noodles, and colas....
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Noblesse Oblige?
Trump’s desperate for peace Nobel. He isn’t the first strange candidate who’s so keen on this prize US president Donald Trump really wants to win the Nobel Peace Prize — so much that he says...
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Redefining trust in an era of biometric finance
The success of the transition of digital payments to go biometric will hinge not only on the sophistication of the technology but also on the robustness of regulatory frameworks and the empowerment of ordinary citizens....
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If it’s small & it swings, It’s big
As Election Commission announces Bihar’s poll schedule – two phases (Nov 6 and 11), as opposed to three in 2020, after Chhath Puja – the stage is set for a landmark state election. The focus...
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To the Manner Horn
Buses, SUVs, two-wheelers, auto-rickshaws… Isn’t their car-natic recital glorious? My heart leaps up when I am behind the wheel and let my ears feast on cars honking, buses blaring, two-wheelers tooting and auto-rickshaws caterwauling. With...
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Right & Wrong in Japan
Japan is famous for being safe, clean, and peaceful. Even when its politics were messy, people still enjoyed a good quality of life. But now, things may be changing. Sanae Takaichi, a 64-year-old politician, just...
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Mega dam on China’s Yarlung Tsangpo river: A tectonic gamble for South Asia
China is moving ahead with plans to construct the world’s largest hydropower dam on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet. Once complete, this dam is expected to generate nearly three times...
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Mystical Egypt – Where time, spirit, and legends converge (Part 1)
Two months before my husband died, we got leave for 10 days. He asked me, “Where would you like to go?” Without a moment’s thought, I blurted out, “Greece or Egypt!”—the two lands that had...
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For India, the lesson is: Don’t fret over the Pakistan puppet show
The White House meeting between US President Donald Trump, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and army chief Asim Munir has been hailed in Islamabad as a long-awaited rehabilitation. For Pakistan’s generals, it was rehabilitation after...
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I Know, You Know…
Commonly unknown facts about common knowledge The purpose of language is to coordinate human behaviour and this starts from the earliest moments in our life. When three-year-olds are taught the word ‘mouse’ they do not...
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How snack inc sneaks in the munchies
What will be govt’s response to ICMR-INDIAB survey on diabetes and heart health? Only a scientifically informed nutrition and food policy can correct Indians’ alarming dietary conditions. Yet, food policy in India has a troubling...
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Bihar polls: Niyat & networks
With the release of Bihar’s final electoral rolls, the stage is set for the final month of campaigning before multi-phased polls. This is an opportunity to understand how democracy actually works in India, varying according...
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Curb The Carbs
ICMR study shows how ruinous our diets are to our health. Policymakers, sit up Listen carefully to what ICMR-India Diabetes study has to say – a cross-sectional population based survey weighted for region, age and...
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Vampire nations: A bloody tale
The air was buzzing with excitement. And why not? It was projected as bigger than the Twilight Saga franchise or Nosferatu. After several years, Vanar Bros were mounting a vampire movie, conceptualised and written by...
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Exam Begins For SIR
In Bihar, the final voter list is out – it has 7.4 crore names. But getting here wasn’t easy. The Election Commission (EC) carried out something called a “special intensive revision” (SIR) of the list...
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Elevated roads on Doon’s Rispana and Bindal rivers must prioritise human safety and climate resilience
Rispana and Bindal rivers are not just water channels but historic lifelines of the Doon Valley. Older generations often recall a Dehradun where Rispana and Bindal flowed clean, surrounded by lush greenery, orchards, and quiet...
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Art of the Matter
Think about how India looks during festivals. It’s like stepping into a rainbow — bright clothes, glowing lights, tasty food served beautifully, and decorations everywhere. But the moment the festival ends, the magic disappears. The...
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Out of control
As long as overcrowding at events is celebrated, stampedes will increase in frequency & intensity. India has perfected a template it follows after every terrible stampede. Organisers blame local administration. Compensations fly. Survivors – in...
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Silent baraati
He’s in the driver’s seat but in control of nothing. Few tasks are more exacting than being the driver of a vehicle carrying the groom to the venue of a destination wedding. It’s hardly 100m...
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2 Daddies? Too Many
Pakistan is stuck in a tricky spot. On one side, it wants to be close friends with China, which has given it a lot of money and built big projects like roads and power plants....
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#56: Keto, vegan, Mediterranean…which diet is right for you?
A vegan, a ketogenic dieter and a Mediterranean diet adherent walk into a bar… My topic for the blog post this week was born out of a few different conversations I was having with friends...
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Learning from the democratic experiments next door
Recent news from Nepal has rekindled an old refrain in India: that we are the only true democracy in a region riddled with instability. The sentiment is flattering but also misleading. While India is rightly...
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Why it’s folly to recycle a failed ideology like socialism in India
Yogendra Yadav’s recent call to revive the legacy of Indian socialism carries a familiar lament. He argues that its moral compass is fading just when it is most needed to resist inequality, authoritarianism, and global...
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Oak Culture & Humans
What the life of tree teaches us on survival strategies Humans can brag about their ability to control nature, but the reality is we’re powerless in the face of heatwaves, floods, wildfires and natural phenomena....
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Why the ‘inefficient’ things may be your best productivity tools
At first glance, certain uses of time look unproductive. But if you zoom out, they often turn out to be among the wisest investments you can make. Breaks that push you forward Consider breaks. Stepping...
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Adieu, MiGhty fighter
It was an uncompromising teacher of fighter pilots, a nimble “bird” with handling comparable to a sportscar, but as MiG-21 flies into the sunset today after 60 years of service with IAF, what will be...
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Approving govt
From wine shops to whatnots, everything and everyone might be worthy of a sarkari stamp of merit A large sign I pass daily in Gurgaon says Govt Approved Wine Shop. This is clear evidence that nitpicking...
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Quantum theory: Spooky action at a distance?
By G S Tripathi This year is being celebrated as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology to mark the centenary of major discoveries of Quantum Mechanics. Ever since quantum theory was discovered, it...
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Construction job
Probe into bank-builder nexus, which made patsies out of middle-class homebuyers, must be thorough Home loan subvention schemes – advertised as “book now, pay nothing till possession” – always smelt fishy. But many thousands...
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Saudi-Pak: It doesn’t Sheikh up everything
Riyadh-Islamabad defence pact adds a fresh layer of complexity for New Delhi. But India’s diaspora of professionals & its energy demand are valuable assets The signing of a mutual defence pact between Pakistan and Saudi...
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Plenty in a name
It takes much to build a brand but not much to tarnish it. A good brand can even survive market reversal About 5,000 years ago, Kushim was the administrator of a silo in what is...
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From egocentric to ecocentric: Revere all life
By Paromita Roy In the wake of the recent ‘stray dogs’ controversy that raised vital questions about preserving fragile ecosystems, we must turn to ancient Bharatiya Jnan Parampara (Indic wisdom traditions) for humane, reverential, compassionate,...
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Helpless together
Global critique of Israel is getting sharper. But what does it matter if US keeps backing Netanyahu? Canada, Australia and Portugal joined UK in recognising Palestinian statehood over the weekend. This came ahead of the...
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Hello Swadeshi
Globalisation isn’t dead. But self-reliance, spotlighted in PM’s speech, across sectors is now an urgent necessity It was very much against the backdrop of yet more Trump policy damage to India, that PM addressed the...
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Kolkata’s Durga Puja – Not just a festival but one of the grandest cultural events on the planet
India is a land of festivals, living expressions of culture, community, social unity, and faith. The country glitters year-round with vibrant celebrations of multiple festivals. What makes them extraordinary is the spirit of inclusiveness from...
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The last meeting we never planned
Laddu Pinto had a strange yet fascinating habit. Whenever he heard about the passing away of someone in his circle, he would pause and rewind the memory reel of his last meeting with that person....
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Mahalaya: Google Home, Birendra Krishna Bhadra, and the Inheritance of a Dawn
This morning I told my Google Home to play Mahishasur Mardini. The machine, which otherwise insists on confusing Rabindra Sangeet with some Spotify lo-fi remix, got it right. And in that instant, as Birendra Krishna...
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Why SC’s sexual harassment order hurts both survivors and accused
The Supreme Court’s recent judgment in the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS) case has been described as “unprecedented.” A faculty member accused the Vice Chancellor of repeated sexual harassment, the last incident...
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Lobon or noon? The trouble with using language to draw borders
There is indeed a ‘Bangladeshi’ language. But it’s not what Delhi police were thinking when they put out a notice looking for interpreters “proficient in Bangladeshi national language”. Nor is it what BJP IT cell...
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Peace is not just absence of war
By Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Peace is a deep, positive inner experience. If we look at life closely, three things are essential for peace: passion, dispassion, and compassion. Passion is essential to achieve anything...
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Crushing Question
Why are crowds in India so often unruly? It’s hardly surprising that India loves crowds. With 1.4bn people – a significant number of whom live cheek by jowl – crowds are an everyday part of...
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When skies gather their white robes to retreat
By- Partha Sinha When the first drops of rain touch the earth, it is not only the parched soil that responds. The mind too is stirred. Something hidden begins to move. The dust of summer...
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Don’t pomp up
UK royally flattered Trump. Democracies should find virtue in simplicity On Wednesday, while BBC aired Brazil prez Lula’s view that Trump isn’t “emperor of the world”, the British establishment tried hard to convince him otherwise....
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Mumbai and other cities: Local elections are very late
The Supreme Court, India’s highest court, told Maharashtra’s election commission to stop delaying local elections. For the past five years, many cities in Maharashtra have waited too long to hold their elections. Out of 29...
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The media’s power to shape public priorities
Maxwell McCombs and Donald Shaw helped popularize the phrase “Agenda-setting theory.” Following the publication of the Chapel Hill studies’ findings in 1972, numerous other academics carried out additional study on a variety of topics pertaining...
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Why India must let her tigers wander freely
Tigers don’t recognise administrative and political boundaries. They roam, disperse, recolonise, and thrive only when the landscape is permeable. Yet our conservation practice ignores them in the spaces between protected areas. In 2006, India amended...
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War ’n’ peace
Trump’s renamed Department of Defence is inspired by Orwellian doublethink With America’s Department of Defence renamed Department of War by presidential decree, Second Opinion sought an interview with the White House which is literally gunning...
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Shirt off my back
In solidarity with Nepali protesters and Sourav Ganguly Kamala glared at me as she entered the house. ‘How can you watch the match – as a token of protest we must at least boycott cricket...
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THEYDUNNIT…
…Why can’t we? TOI’s Christie-in-India story is a reminder how we do disservice to India’s vernacular crime fiction Agatha Christie’s fiction gives one a sense that she travelled lots. And she did. For example, in...
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Aurangabad, Ajanta Caves & Ellora Caves – Part 3
Our final day unfolded in the historic city of Aurangabad, a living canvas where the echoes of Buddhism, the grace of the Mughals, and the artistry of modern India converge into a timeless tale. The...
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The quiet enemy that steals your time and peace
Every great story needs a hero and a villain. In Greek mythology, Hercules fought the Hydra. In the tale of David and Goliath, the shepherd boy faced the giant. In the Indian epic Ramayana, Ram...
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The tile-high club: How mahjong became the hottest social currency
Unexpected but true: Mumbai’s elite have a new passion, and it’s called mahjong! Living rooms and club lounges from Chembur to Churchgate echo with the clack-clack-clack of 144 tiles shuffling — a sound that has...
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As Nepal navigates transition, India should offer only quiet support
The announcement of former chief justice Sushila Karki as interim prime minister could help restore a measure of normalcy to turbulent Nepal. The country is in the midst of its third Jan Andolan in 35...
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Argue, Don’t Shoot
When people disagree in politics, they’re supposed to argue with words, not weapons. But sometimes violence takes over, and that can hurt both families and whole countries. Recently, Charlie Kirk was killed. That’s very sad...
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Spot the gaps, ignore the maps
I have always had immense respect for cartographers because they are among the most curious and enterprising people in the world. Everyone else follows paths that others have laid out for them. But in life,...
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Attachment is antithetical to love
Love is an emotion; it is part of the human mind. Synonymous with affection, fondness, compassion, kindness, and endearment. The test of love lies in one’s ability to identify with others. True love is based...
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What’s Eating Kids?
More and more children in India are becoming overweight, and that’s a big problem. The United Nations (UN) says that being overweight is now one of the main health issues for kids and teens in...
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Bibi’s Forever War
This week, Israel attacked Qatar, a small but powerful country in the Middle East. The attack killed some Hamas leaders (a group that fights Israel) who were in Qatar to talk about peace. A Qatari...
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Our man in Armani
Has haute couture lost its hauteur? Indian designers now strut Oscar red carpet and Met galas so frequently that vaunted French and Italian labels may no longer be as wanted. So many fancied international brands...
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After the Z-quake
Nepal is going through big changes after young people protested against their government. The protests had been building for months because many youths were unhappy. Things exploded when the government tried to control social media...
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Increasing financial inclusion – A mine of opportunity
The efforts for financial inclusion (FI) started with the nationalization of major banks in 1969/1980. The journey of FI included many milestones, each building on the last to promote FI further. The RBI introduced ‘No-Frills...
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Nepal in trouble
Right now, Nepal’s capital city Kathmandu is seeing big protests, and things have turned really serious. Reports say at least 20 people have died in clashes. The protests were started by a youth group called...
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A Taylor-Travis point
India’s very wealthy rarely have prenups. That’s not necessarily a sign of happy marriages Celebrity relationships make a very large number of people fantasise about amour wrapped in wealth, looks – natural or surgically obtained...
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GST relief for the seed sector: An urgent need to ignite economic growth & agrarian resilience
India’s 56th GST Council meeting on September 3, marked a notable moment for agriculture’s reform agenda, announcing valuable reductions in GST rates on several inputs, including packaging materials, and farm machinery from 18% and 12%...
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Habibi, Gurugram’s a swimming pool, Noida isn’t
This year’s monsoon has been unforgiving across north India. But if there’s one city that summed up the chaos of this monsoon, it was Gurugram. A place long celebrated as the Millennium City was left...
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Myth of merit: Why courts must act on gender parity
The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the US Supreme Court was once asked when she would consider that women were adequately represented at the country’s top court. She answered—when all nine seats are filled...
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India, China reset ties but can’t replace the US
The US is unpredictable but New Delhi can’t be sure that Beijing won’t violate border pacts again PM Modi’s visit to China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit was notable but not surprising. It...
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Economics ideas that taste really good
Learning how the world works is like learning to cook Per economist Ha-Joon Chang , America’s manufacturing decline is self-inflicted – it came via “empowering a capitalist class that prefers outsourcing and offshoring to investing...
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Onam, vamana, and divine footsteps of grace
Shashank R Joshi and Shambo Samrat Samajdar During Onam, homes are decorated with pookalam flower carpets, families gather over feasts, and joy fills the air. Yet beyond the outward celebration lies a spiritual story that...
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Age of Power
Imagine two powerful leaders, Russia’s Putin and China’s Xi, secretly chatting about living forever. A microphone caught them talking about “immortality” – which means never dying. Putin, who is 72, thinks science might one day...
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Up To Companies Now
Think of taxes like the extra money added when you buy something – like when you order a pizza and the taxman takes a slice before you get it. That’s what GST (Goods and Services...
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Ganesh Pooja: When Tilak’s Sarvajanik Utsav met ‘Mohalla’ politics
Once upon a time, Ganesh Chaturthi wasn’t about neon lights, five-storey mandaps, and self-appointed ‘Mohalla’ “treasurers” collecting chanda (donation) at every corner. It was about Swaraj. Yes, the same festival where today’s DJ systems rattle...
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Slim Chance
A new study is warning people about intermittent fasting – that’s when you only eat during a short time window, like less than 8 hours a day. The study, which followed 19,000 adults for 8...
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Why India must preserve Air Power’s strategic flexibility
During the recent tri-service conference on War and Warfighting at the Army War College in Mhow, the long-debated MoD proposal towards integrating single-service operational commands and dedicating them to various theatres featured in the deliberations....
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Light as creation is a surreal signature
Divyaman Singh’s solo Light as Creation at Bikaner House, featuring a mix of old and recent work that employs the artist’s signature use of surreal qualities and the idea of commenting on nature and our place within...
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Tale Of Maximum City
In Mumbai, a big protest led by a man named Jarange caused the city to almost stop working. Roads were blocked, people couldn’t get to hospitals, students missed classes, office workers and delivery people lost...
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Choking A City
Mumbai’s on forced standstill for four days. HC responded. But when will Maha govt act? Bombay HC correctly called for Jarange-Patil led protesters to vacate public spaces in Mumbai, large parts of the city have...
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Conversion: many versions
Political parties are the forever switcheroos. Try anti-converting them It’s the season of anti-conversion – a very strict Uttarakhand law is the latest. Anyone found converting, or trying to convert, someone to a religion other...
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Aurangabad, Ajanta Caves & Ellora Caves – Part 1
The Ellora Caves Two lamas — Rinpoche, a monk, and Kandola, a lady monk — from His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s monastery had come to stay with us in Mumbai. I had known them earlier,...
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Clinical perspectives on supporting children in distress: The power of presence
Having worked as a clinical psychologist, I have encountered numerous instances of families struggling to cope with their child’s emotional challenges. Parents are naturally inclined to take action, rectify the situation, and provide solutions when...
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Atrophy astrology
Part 2 Just by saying that the astrologers are failing us will not suffice. We need to look at the nitty gritty to say how and why. Therefore, lets investigate some hardcore astrology. Initially, let...
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Razia Sultan and Noor Jahan: What girls lose when queens are erased
The great French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir once wrote that girls were not born into a pre-ordained state of ‘womanhood’ but instead learnt how to become women by absorbing societal cues as they grew up....
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The Vance Dance
Sometimes wanting to move up and staying loyal to your boss can clash. JD Vance is a US politician with really big dreams. At first, he didn’t like Donald Trump at all. But later, he...
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Mountain Dues
A brief reminder of India’s civilisational debt to Himalayas & the need to once again show gratitude The West named India after Indus, but Himalayas would have been a better geographical descriptor. Around 50mn years...
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Time To EVolve
India can become a global e-vehicle hub with right incentives & mastery over batteries With Trump’s 50% tariff kicking in, India must devise both short- and long-term strategies to counter the impact. As the above...
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Talk, don’t walk away
Some opposition parties have decided not to join a special group (called JPC) that will study a very important new law. This law says that if the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers or state ministers are...
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The inward turn: Humanity’s quiet revolution
For over a century, humanity sought happiness, freedom, and security through the promises of modernity—industrial advancement, scientific discovery, material wealth, and digital connectivity. These milestones improved life expectancy, reduced poverty, and transformed human possibility. Yet,...
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Rethinking stray dogs: From crisis to opportunity
On this International Dog Day (26 August), let us shift the lens through which we view India’s dogs, replacing fear and pity with imagination and purpose. With an estimated 62 million strays, India hosts the...
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Each soul has potential for liberation
(By Muni Pranamyasagar) Chaos, unrest, suffering, and misuse of power arise when the human mind disconnects from real nature of the soul. The connotation of Dashlalshan Dharm, ten virtues, is not religious; it is to...
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Evergrande’s Big Fall: A Lesson for India
Sometimes when people build too much without thinking, things go wrong. That’s what happened in China with a company called Evergrande. It borrowed a huge amount of money (about $300 billion!) and quickly became the...
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They shouldn’t get away with it
A young woman in Greater Noida was set on fire by her husband in front of their 6-year-old child. She had been married into this family in 2016 and was tortured for dowry – money,...
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Trimbakeshwar: A sacred journey of light, love, and power – The Trinity of God
The moment I realised that 15th August, the Independence Day, fell on a Friday, giving us a long weekend, I decided to set out for Trimbakeshwar Jyotirlinga. A Jyotirlinga is a shrine dedicated to Lord...
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Quick trials a better way to tackle corruption than 30-day shortcut
India’s reputation as a democracy —Sweden’s V-Dem institution classifies it as an ‘elected autocracy’ much to the ire of many Indians — will sag further if three proposed bills become law. These bills seek a...
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Chill gives way to thaw but India, China must go beyond piecemeal fixes
The signals from Beijing and Delhi are unmistakable. The India-China relationship is being stabilised and rebuilt after it literally fell off the Himalayan cliffs in 2020. While the impetus is a predatory US, Modi and...
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Mosquito tennis, pigeon politics and other great Indian games
8am Last weekend, along with India, the contents of my stomach also celebrated Independence Day for a good 24 hours. Like all freedom struggles, there was a steep price to pay, but this morning the...
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Well Judged
What officials must & mustn’t do after SC order on strays Calling the 2-judge bench order on stray dogs “too harsh”, SC’s 3-judge review bench has restored status quo ante – strays are to be...
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Stray dogs and Supreme Court: What’s decided
The Supreme Court (SC) recently gave an important order about stray dogs. A smaller bench of judges had earlier suggested rules that many thought were too harsh. But now, a bigger bench has said: stick...
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Down the drain
Don’t celebrate Mumbai’s ‘resilience’. Fix its capacity to cope with rains. That stranded monorail said it all An engineer proposing to increase Mumbai’s stormwater drainage capacity to 14 inches or 356mm of rainwater per day,...
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So many choris
‘ O EC, EC, / O EC, EC, Mere polls churaya na karo!’ ‘O Rahul, Rahul/ O Rahul Rahul Roz, roz lies na bo-la-ya karo!!’ ‘ Vote Chori ’ is the latest RaGa Atana ....
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Paryushan Mahaparv: Festival of awakening
Lalit Garg In Jainism, Paryushan Mahaparv holds a unique significance. It is not merely a religious ritual but a celebration of deep introspection, self-purification, and turning inwards. Jain culture, for centuries, has regarded this sacred...
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Why substandard steel is threat to public safety
In a country where infrastructure is expanding at breakneck speed from high-rise buildings and metro lines to cranes, elevators, and bridges—the quality of steel used in these projects is not just a technical detail. It’s...
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Noble Donald
To set the record straight as to the real reason that President Trump has declared a tariff war against India, the White House gave a special interview to Second Opinion. Second Opinion: Why are you so...
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Get it right
Vital that GST reform is designed in a way that spurs spending. Economy needs it India’s proposed GST overhaul can spur demand in the festive season that starts in about a month. It can also...
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Good, bad and sick
As AI companies delete the health disclaimers, the chatbots are running amok playing doctor, doctor Doctors may be wishing they could return to the good old days of Dr Google. Because Dr AI is much...
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Ahmedabad: A spiritual sojourn of divine encounters and cultural heritage
In 2010, during the sacred Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, I first met Swami Mudita, a devoted disciple of Swami Dayananda Saraswati. He was delivering a profound discourse on the Bhagavad Gita when destiny brought me...
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Towards an Indian GAIA-X: A civil society-led data infrastructure for democratic digital sovereignty
Context and rationale India’s digital economy is marked by increasing centralization of data and platform control, with a handful of private actors – both domestic and global – exerting monopolistic influence over critical digital infrastructure....
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TN’s Keeladi dig shows us the perils of politicising the past
Archaeology, a science that requires slow, contemplative work to understand the human past through material remains, often makes headlines prematurely in today’s India. Digging up the past takes time, and findings are revealed to the...
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) refers to chronic conditions that cause inflammation in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The two main types are Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis (UC). Symptoms often include abdominal cramps, diarrhea, blood in...
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Being The ‘Wrong’ Kind Of Chinese
Diversity still survives Xi, but it’s getting tougher After reporting from China for seven years, in 2022 American journalist Emily Feng found that her luck had run out. She would not be allowed back in....
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India of Sri Aurobindo’s dreams
By Ashoka Vohra A B Purani, a freedom fighter and a revolutionary, in his meeting with Sri Aurobindo in 1918 asked him, ‘Are you quite sure that India will be free?’ Aurobindo firmly replied, ‘You...
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Chip in now
Right now, the US and China are fighting a “chip war.” Chips are tiny parts that power computers, phones, and AI. They are super important for technology. The US had stopped selling powerful AI chips...
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Dharali tragedy: The night of terror
It had already been raining incessantly for a month. Then on the afternoon of 5th August, panic spread through the valley. First, we heard of the ice-rock avalanche at Dharali around 1.30 pm in the Khir Ganga...
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Managing the shift
Engineers & non-engineers both have a key role, as long as they are bilingual in human & AI languages There’s no taking comfort in these numbers. India produces 1.5mn engineers every year (ahead of US...
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AI and ‘Avyakt’
By Prasoon Joshi Every age and civilisation has redefined Creativity, but today, this Creativity is being subjected to unprecedented scrutiny and viewed through a different prism, that of AI. From celebration to caution and everything...
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Flying longer
Flexibility in retirement age is the way forward, India or West Air India pilots will retire at 65, bringing parity between two merged entities – Tatas’ Vistara, and GOI’s Air India that the Tatas bought....
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Chandipur & Nilgiris – Where the sea walks away and the hills whisper
During my childhood, our family had a travel circle — my parents, my father’s colleagues, and their families. Four families in all, we vacationed together every year. One such trip took us to Chandipur, a...
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Finding god through exploration of the emptiness within
Anxiety, confusion, stress… These have become words of common parlance in today’s day and age. It is sad to observe that even people who seem to have every blessing in life are caught in the...
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Understanding ADHD: A common condition affecting focus and behavior
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurological condition that affects millions of people worldwide. It’s marked by challenges in focus, sitting still, and controlling impulses. People with ADHD may struggle to pay attention, follow...
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Lobon or noon? The trouble with using language to draw borders
There is indeed a ‘Bangladeshi’ language. But it’s not what Delhi police were thinking when they put out a notice looking for interpreters “proficient in Bangladeshi national language”. Nor is it what BJP IT cell...
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Our lives are what we pay attention to
Information glut isn’t the real problem of these times Anxiety over the hold of technology on daily lives and minds drives everyday conversations – the ills of fake news and misinformation, how politicians exploit algorithms,...
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Why CSR funding for environmental conservation needs a rethink
CSR funding continues to favour quick wins and visible outcomes, leaving little room for the research and sustained effort that environmental conservation truly requires. Ever since the passage of Companies Act, 2013, which requires corporations to set...
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The shorter, faster, and the unhappier
In today’s fast-paced digital world, patience is shrinking, especially among Gen Z, it exists in nano form! This lack of patience is quickly becoming one of the biggest reasons for rifts in parent–child relationships. Consider...
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Wheels Within Wheels
SC right on Matheran’s hand-pulled rickshaws. But the how part of the change looks tricky How many mountains might need to be climbed before Matheran’s 94 rickshaw pullers can be transitioned into running their own...
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The Turning Tables: Geopolitics behind the tariffs
The recent US tariffs on Indian goods have sparked a debate that goes beyond economics. At first glance, these measures look like responses to trade imbalances or industrial subsidies. Looking closer, however, there is a...
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Stepping into Life’s Marathon with faith
By Stuti Malhotra At 100 years old, most people would consider slowing down. Fauja Singh, however, chose to speed up – quite literally. The British Sikh centenarian stunned the world by completing marathons well into...
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Won’t be Trumped
GOI has called out Trump’s extra tariffs for what they are. He was wrong to think hegemony will work Three weeks from now, India will be the most heavily tariffed seller in the US market...
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Gag × 3
A single word scores a hat trick by having a trio of different meanings in the country English is a very hard working language. It’s forever rolling up its sleeves and borrowing words from other...
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Numbers Don’t Lie – But Leaders Might Not Like Them
In the U.S., something strange and worrying just happened. Former President Donald Trump fired a government official named Erika McEntarfer. Why? Because the department she worked in (which tracks how many people have jobs) updated...
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Flying into a slap
When road rage becomes air rage, it’s a whole lot more dangerous. Every incident must be dealt with firmly Commercial planes commonly have a cruising altitude of 36,000 feet. Loss of temper at that height...
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Dog Babu asks
After pets get registered, why can’t they claim residency too? The fat cats frowned that two Bihar babus, in a place they’d never heard of: Masaurhi in zilla Patna, found it legit to issue an...
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Make In India
High tariffs or not, self-sufficiency in critical areas must be a national imperative It is possible for a people to be self-sufficient. The Sentinelese in the Andamans, for example. But such living is extremely limiting....
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Beatles’ Ashram: A witness to echoes of music and meditation
In 1968, the legendary Beatles journeyed to Rishikesh, India, in pursuit of inner peace and higher consciousness. They came to study Transcendental Meditation under the revered spiritual teacher Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at the Chaurasi Kutia...
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Turf wars to power plays, decoding Gautam Gambhir’s viral outburst
Phrases like ‘you are just a groundsman’ are part of a familiar genre of Indian anger where dominance is asserted by reminding someone of their job. This insult is more Indian than a McAloo Tikki....
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UK deal shows how much India will — or won’t — bend on tariffs
India is gradually breaking down barriers by signing trade deals and lowering tariffs while President Trump is pushing the US inward, erecting a wall of tariff to the world’s largest import market. On Wed, he...
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US, China and Russia: Navigating the superpower trilemma
Today, Indian foreign policy discourse is mired in an important debate. Two key assumptions govern this debate: that New Delhi’s ties with the US arguably constitute its most important relationship in the 21st century, and...
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Musk and Melons: A moment to rethink wealth taxes
On my first trip to Japan, wandering the streets of Tokyo in the early 1990s, I was totally enchanted. The miniature shopfronts often looked like they were decorated by an especially talented child. The gift-wrapping,...
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Trump calls India’s economy “dead” – but that makes no sense
Recently, Donald Trump, the former U.S. President, made fun of India’s economy by calling it “dead.” But that’s a strange and silly thing to say. Think about it: An economy is alive as long as...
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Forensic linguistics as a tool for cyber threat analysis
Introduction In the age of hyper-connectivity, where much of our communication takes place behind screens, the nature of crime has also evolved. Cyberbullying, online harassment, and anonymous threats have become disturbingly prevalent targeting individuals across...
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The One District One Product (ODOP) program to facilitate balanced regional development throughout the country
The One District One Product (ODOP) program is an initiative of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries designed to facilitate balanced socio-economic development throughout the country. The initiative aims to choose, brand, and promote one product...
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Tsunami lessons
Why world was far better prepared for ocean quakes this time than in 2004 The world breathed easy as Japan and Hawaii downgraded, and Russia lifted its tsunami warnings. No casualties were reported till late...
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Water woes
There’s too much or too little of the precious liquid on which all life depends Recently a video went viral on social media in Gurgaon. It showed a city councillor swimming with a creditable freestyle...
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Keep UPI free
It’s a public good that’s made India a digital economy. Charging a fee on transactions might scupper it Thanks to UPI, India leads the world in instant digital payments. Last month, there were 1,840cr UPI...
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Stoking the game
England’s cricket captain forgot the rules, was churlish, but some Indian fans read too much into it In The Godfather, Don Corleone famously talks about an offer the other side cannot refuse. In the fading...
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Stokes lost his cool – but let’s not lose ours
What happened in the cricket match between England and India In a big cricket match in Manchester, England’s captain Ben Stokes got really upset. He wanted to stop the game early — kind of like...
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What procedure did Stalin undergo? It doesn’t matter
Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin has been in hospital since July 21. Newspapers, including The Times of India, quoting medical bulletins from the hospital, said he underwent investigations, including a diagnostic angiogram and a...
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Stop Starvation
Help Needed for People in Gaza Right now, many people, especially children, in a place called Gaza are going hungry. They don’t have enough food, clean water, or medicine. That’s because the country of Israel...
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Bhandardara: A symphony of waterfalls, wilderness, and wonder
It was monsoon—the time when Maharashtra transforms into an emerald dream. The land was brimming with vibrant greens, nourished by cascading waterfalls that seemed to spring from every hillside. Staying indoors during the holidays felt...
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Coldplay controversy: How the behaviour of leaders trickles down
The absence of disclosure and restraint policies in companies is a legal and cultural liability A fleeting moment at a Coldplay concert, projected on a stadium screen, has since pulled an entire organisation into public...
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Beyond lethargy: What the 7/11 case reveals about flawed terror trials
What can make up for the 19 years that were taken away from 12 men convicted in the 2006 Mumbai blasts whose acquittal order has now been stayed by the Supreme Court? What can we...
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India-US trade deal and farm produce import
As the India–US trade deal is under discussion and there are expectations that the US is trying to push their farm produce to India, the social media is very busy with misleading forwards on GM...
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Jaishankar’s visit to China: Focus on multilateral diplomacy
The recent visit of foreign minister Jaishankar to China (13-15 July, 2025) has led to comments from analysts suggesting that bilateral relations are set to improve. Last year in October, following a meeting between PM...
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Volt face
Grim results of EV makers raise a question about viability The future of mobility is electric, and it should have been here by now, considering that Morris & Salom’s Electrobat cars were running on Philadelphia’s...
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If you are young and this movie made you cry, ask yourself this question
I am not a movie buff, and hence it takes a lot for a movie to catch my attention. So, Saiyaara is clearly a phenomenon, more so because everyone who saw had the same experience. It...
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Not 18
Why the Rules Around Teen Love Are So Complicated In India, the law says that anyone under 18 is a child. And if anyone has sex with someone under 18, even if both people agree,...
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Futuristic departments
The atmosphere is quite festive in the capital of this State, having a city of the millennium, no less. And why not? How many governments across the globe can boast of a department dedicated to...
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Strawberries and scholarship
India and Iran converge again in Cambridge The temptation was strawberries, but I savoured learning’s creamy layer. In 1998, I’d interviewed Richard Blurton — yes with an ‘l’ – when, as director of British Museum’s...
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DHAXIT
Given his office, the way Dhankhar quit left much to be desired, no matter what provoked the decision Some would say his resignation on the first day of Rajya Sabha’s monsoon session was in keeping...
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Terror, truth, and a big mistake
Why 12 convicted for a huge train bombing are now free — and what that says about the people who were supposed to find the truth. Back in July 2006, something terrible happened in Mumbai....
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College cruelties
Another student suicide, another post-mortem. Systemic deafness to student complaints lives on On the heels of the terrible self-immolation by a 20-year-old college student in Odisha, has come the alleged suicide of a 21-year-old medical...
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Where silence speaks and soul listens: A serendipitous pilgrimage to Rewalsar
After completing a tour through Lahaul and Spiti with four French guests, I was accompanying them to Delhi via Manali and Mandi. As we neared Mandi, I casually mentioned my desire to stay back in...
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On death anniversary, gifted director Awtar Kaul remembered in rare photos
Awtar Krishna Kaul, whose 51st death anniversary falls today, is one of the could-have-been greats of Indian cinema. He produced, directed and wrote the screenplay of the iconic feature film, 27 Down (1974). Made on a...
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The Pataudi Trophy has a new name, but we should remember what he stood for
“What’s in a name?” asks the Bard, dismissively. “What things are called is unspeakably more important than what they are,” counters Nietzsche, while not disputing the sweet smell of a rose by another name. Nietzsche...
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Say It Clearly!
Indian officials need to get better at explaining things to the public. After a big airplane accident in Ahmedabad last month, the people in charge of investigating it (called AAIB) said the media got their...
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Trump’s oil tariff plan: Big talk, big problems
US President Donald Trump has come up with a plan to punish Russia for its war with Ukraine — by making things super expensive for countries that buy oil or goods from Russia. This includes...
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Unsafe places
A 20-year-old college student in Odisha died after setting herself on fire. She had told her college committee and the police that a professor was harassing her, but no one really helped. She even wrote...
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Same Story, New Cast
Gen Next netas are leading Bihar assembly contests, but it’s still all caste and faith Nitish Kumar rarely looks wobbly. Even when his govt shifts from one alliance to the other. He is rarely a...
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Don’t Blame the Jalebi!
Why Just Warning About Fried Indian Snacks Won’t Help People Eat Better At a big Indian food festival in Moscow, Russian visitors couldn’t get enough of samosas and masala chai. But back in India, the...
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Undermining core engineering may endanger civilization
News of the collapse of bridges, which was once shocking, has lost its element of surprise due to its frequent occurrence. Alarmingly, these collapses occur in all seasons and cannot be attributed to natural calamities...
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Taliban wants tourists? That’s scary, not cool
Imagine being asked to visit a country where girls aren’t allowed to go to school, women can’t work, and people get hurt in public just for speaking out. Sounds scary, right? That’s what life is...
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Cursed by desire, crowned by destiny : Shantanu, the forgotten King of Hastinapur!
Shantanu, the father of Bheeshma and a key figure in the Mahabharata, is often overshadowed by the grand events of the epic. But his story is where it all begins. As the ruler of Hastinapur...
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PM Modi’s longest foreign tour: At 74, what keeps him going?
At 74, many people begin to slow down. Mornings get quieter, routines softer, and travel becomes less of a priority. But just last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, now 74, wrapped up what’s said to...
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Ulcerative Colitis
Ulcerative colitis is a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that causes inflammation and open sores (ulcers) in the digestive tract. It specifically affects the innermost lining of the large intestine—known as the colon—and the...
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ChatGPT making us dumb & dumber, but we can still come out wiser
Claude Shannon, one of the fathers of AI, once wrote rather disparagingly: “I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and I’m rooting for the machines.” As we enter...
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Why 100% proof is an illusion
In wanting full explanations, people are disengaging with truth Mathematician and epidemiologist Adam Kucharski in Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty sets out for readers “why it is crucial to find better ways to trust...
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Name theory
Why Ferrero Buying Kellogg Is a Bigger Deal Than It Looks This week, the company that makes Ferrero Rocher chocolates (from Italy) decided to buy the company that makes Kellogg’s cereals (from the US) for...
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Respect all choices
No need, no reason to ban meat shops along Kanwar yatra routes in Delhi, a multicultural city Some Delhi govt ministers seem to be keen that ‘illegal’ meat shops be shut down along Kanwar yatra...
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Being a Bihar voter
Uneven application of document rules across the state risks disenfranchisement. Clarity needed fast Earlier this week EC clarified that poll officials in Bihar can rely on field inquiry during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in...
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Smelt this
After copper, Trump looks set to tariff pharma. India must protect its turf with a deal Copper entering America will be taxed at 50%. Will the tariff apply to all exporting nations, will it apply...
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My Take 5 (Edition 48): China’s stand on Ukraine war; Beijing’s help to Pakistan- The week that was in international affairs
Welcome back to another edition of My Take 5, your weekly round-up of top international news. For this edition we again focus on the war in Ukraine, China’s stand on that conflict as revealed by...
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Fear of flying
The tragedy of AI 171 has raised an age-old spectre in the sky Does the spectre of an ancient Greek myth foreshadow the after-shock of the Ahmedabad air crash? As technical experts investigate what caused...
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Smooth landing
India Post & other GOI depts can easily earn good money, by monetising their land & buildings It’s a bad time to be in the mail business. Denmark is removing all letter boxes because the...
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From forever 21 to feeling 30: How our clothes grow up with us
Fashion, like life, moves in phases. And one day, somewhere between college fest outfits and office meetings, you wake up and realize that your wardrobe has quietly grown up with you. Back in our early...
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What’s the difference between maturity and ageing
A great difference, and people always remain confused about it. People think age is to become mature, but ageing belongs to the body. Everybody is ageing, everybody will become old, but not necessarily mature. Maturity...
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LatAm pivot
India must shed its protectionist mindset and trade more with resource-rich South America That Modi’s ongoing five-nation tour includes Argentina and Brazil isn’t a trivia. These two key South American nations can be important fulcrums...
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Why the Indian diaspora abroad cannot empathize with the cacophony of linguistic and religious chauvinism back home
The Indian diaspora today hails from every nook and corner of the country and has dispersed across vast oceans, cultures, and continents. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently visited the nation of Trinidad and Tobago,...
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A baby-faced rapist, a survivor’s truth, and a silence that must end
I’m obsessed with the pompous, self-righteous, son-of-a-priest, baby-faced visage of Monojit Mishra, the 31-year-old history-sheeter who allegedly raped a 24-year-old law student in Kolkata, supported by two younger men (co-accused Pramit Mukherjee, 20, and Zaib...
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100 years of Guru Dutt: The filmmaker who changed the way we ‘see’ songs
Guru Dutt was a man of many parts — a consummate actor, a perceptive writer, a trailblazing director and an accomplished producer. A significant element of his oeuvre, worth a deep dive on his birth...
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Voter list confusion in Bihar
Election Commission’s Plan Is Creating More Worry Than Help The Election Commission (EC) is trying to update Bihar’s list of voters before the upcoming elections. But instead of making things easier, it’s causing a lot...
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