Gukesh The comeback kid
The 18th World Champion at 18. Dommaraju Gukesh is the youngest ever to hold that title, but extraordinary as that achievement is, what makes it even more stunning is his journey to the peak over...
View ArticleLalu & Pawar are right. It’s gotta be Modi vs Didi
Imagine a different 2024. Nitish Kumar, nominated as INDIA’s PM face, leads the alliance to victory against Modi-led BJP in the Lok Sabha polls. TDP and BJD join this alliance after polls in the name...
View ArticleArtificial Intelligence and the evolution of patent law in India
Of late, advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) have changed the contours of innovation in dramatically and fundamentally altered ways, to a great extent thereby throwing challenges to patent law, as...
View ArticleWho are these hundred thousand youth serving humanity as Dharma ?
They were attorneys, physics teachers, architects and engineers. Many of them belonged to the best of media houses and many others ran their software or export house businesses. Some of them are...
View ArticleLooking beyond temples, mosques
As I sat at the neighbourhood cafe this December 6 afternoon, sipping black coffee, events of another December 6, 32 years ago, flooded back. The feeling can be summed up in the couplet by Urdu...
View ArticlePushpa, Too!
Police case against Allu Arjun a worrying trend For Telangana police to charge Telugu superstar Allu Arjun with culpable homicide was ridiculous. For a trial court to send him to judicial custody for...
View ArticleLet them eat lunch
Work without that refuelling break is hell There are no free lunches. Not at home, not at work. Office lunch breaks cost organisational time, and UK’s LoP Kemi Badenoch thinks they’re an extravagance....
View ArticleWhy the global supply chain is under strain
Because the world-girdling system is inherently fragile When Covid first struck in China, the supply chain buckled – the links connecting farms, factories and distribution centres to households and...
View ArticlePushpa, Too!
A big problem happened at the launch of the movie Pushpa 2 in Hyderabad. A famous Telugu actor, Allu Arjun, was there, and huge crowds came to see him. Sadly, a woman died, and a...
View ArticleLet them eat lunch
Imagine having to work all day without a proper lunch break. Sounds awful, right? That’s what Kemi Badenoch, a leader in the UK, seems to think is okay. She recently said, “What’s a lunch break?...
View ArticleHere is what happens when dictators fall
With Bashar al-Assad’s ouster in Syria, West Asia saw the fall of another long-time strongman. The Assad family had ruled Syria for five decades with an iron grip. Therefore, many Syrians celebrate the...
View ArticleHe isn’t the best but can get there
“Gukesh is a bit of a mystery to me. It’s weird to have somebody who’s unbelievably better at classical than rapid. He calculates non-stop, very well, and he often considers stuff I didn’t even think...
View ArticleUnfinished episodes: A friendship between the lines
There was once a time when I believed in the invincibility of a friendship. Not because it was flawless, but because it felt timeless—like one of those rare connections that even sitcoms romanticize. I...
View ArticleEffect of recent events in Mideast on the world
On December 8, the fall of Syria added another turmoil to the recent massive turmoil in the Middle East which started on October 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked and captured most of Gaza. This attack...
View ArticleGrain expectations: Things we tend to lose while overthinking
The other day, while flipping through Leo Tolstoy’s short stories, I stumbled upon this seemingly childish little gem, A Grain as Big as a Hen’s Egg. At first glance, it felt like a bedtime tale...
View ArticleTwo 100-year-old guests, and a fictional New Year party
It’s the end of the year and parties are in order. My favourite variety are the imaginary ones, where you invite distinguished guests from history or literature to dinner. This year, it’s only right to...
View ArticleWomen misusing domestic violence law? Data tells a very different story
Bindu D & Pragya S The unfortunate death by suicide of an engineer based in Bengaluru due to allegations of harassment by his estranged wife and her family has underscored several concerns about...
View ArticleEven if I hadn’t sold a single shoe here, I would still come to India: Louboutin
French designer Christian Louboutin first visited India when he was 15. Since then, the man who turned red bottoms into a style statement has returned for countless visits. He’s also done several...
View ArticleFall of Assad and rise of HTS raise deeper questions on global security
Amidst the roiling conflict in Gaza following the dramatic terror attack by Hamas against Israel in October last year, a spillover into Lebanon targeting Hezbollah, the Houthis setting the Red Sea...
View ArticleLearning mind management to be a Karma Yogi – Commitment to Righteousness &...
‘Knowing as Education’ & ‘Believing as Religion’ cannot ever be the Fruit of being educated or devotees, or followers, of this or that religion or God! Even though UNESCO pillar of Education asks...
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