When grief knocked, community walked in: A lesson in shared values of Indian...
As children and young adults, we often mock and dismiss the cultural practices ingrained in our society, labelling them as outdated and irrelevant. Yet, with time and the onset of responsibilities, we...
View ArticleFrom Parathas to pancakes: The hidden cost of India’s cultural exodus
It took an old American movie and a Nobel laureate’s musings about bland turkey to make me realize how far we’ve strayed from our roots. Last night, watching “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946), I was...
View ArticleIncentivizing people collaboration in an AI-driven media company
In earlier Media Flywheels issues, I discussed critical organizational challenges in media companies: Media Flywheels #6: How divisional structures and “House of Brands” strategies hinder algorithmic...
View ArticleHow proposed lending regulation is missing the mark on financial inclusion
The draft of the proposed lending regulation is an overreach, targeting predatory lenders but threatening to criminalize legitimate informal credit systems and stifle innovation in a sector vital for...
View ArticleNothing can stop an idea whose time has come: The rise of private credit
The past few years have seen stellar performance of the equity market in India with the benchmark indices rallying over 150 percent since the Covid lows. This amongst other aspects of our economic...
View ArticleOne Nation One Subscription: A game-changer with challenges in transforming...
One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) strives to deliver global research access to resource-limited institutes but faces challenges from the rise of open access (OA) publishing, high article processing...
View ArticleStrengthen school education for demographic gains
The Right to Education came into the country in 2009 under Article 21(A), which enabled the free and compulsory education of all children between the ages of 6 and 14. It unfolded new vistas for...
View ArticleFour things that disturbed us in 2024
They say, “The end of the year is a time to celebrate the lessons we’ve learned, the growth we’ve experienced, and the memories we’ve made”… Rightly so. In fact, it’s a ritual or a norm,...
View ArticleMajor lifestyle diseases
There are many different ways lifestyle diseases can be classified or grouped. Here is the way I like to group them: (1) Atherosclerosis (2) Cancer (3) Lung Diseases & COPD (4) Diabetes &...
View ArticleI’ll always remember Dr Manmohan Singh as a great and noble soul
The below narrative is based on the one to one interaction that Dr Kasturirangan had with Dr Manmohan Singh; first in Dr Kasturirangan’s capacity as Member Rajya Sabha and subsequently, as Member of...
View ArticleEmergency, insured
How US healthcare system has a magic trick While growing up in India, I always believed that US’s healthcare system, much like its TV shows and roads, must be superior. After all, if it weren’t,...
View ArticleBad boy, silly rules
Imagine being told you can’t play your favorite game just because of what you’re wearing. Sounds weird, right? That’s exactly what happened to Magnus Carlsen, one of the world’s best chess players, at...
View ArticleAll we imagine as courage
When the Oscar nominations are announced in Jan, an India that makes few women-led films is pinning its hopes for global glory on two independent features about women, helmed and headlined by women....
View Article‘Crypto’s a freedom tool…India’s caught in an analysis paralysis on crypto &...
Crypto enthusiast Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder of Polygon Labs that builds open source blockchain infra, and on whose platform new crypto convert Trump’s NFTs were sold, tells Amin Alithat India should...
View ArticleBad boy, bad rules
I do what I want,” Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios said after breaking Wimbledon’s all-white rule with red trainers in 2022. Chess ace Magnus Carlsen was in the same mood Friday when he chose to...
View ArticleCorporate strategy to incentivize business-unit collaboration
In the previous issue, we discussed how AI-driven media companies can incentivize collaboration. However, the challenge is far from solved. As media companies transition from a “House of Brands” to...
View ArticleBad boy, bad rules
I do what I want,” Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios said after breaking Wimbledon’s all-white rule with red trainers in 2022. Chess ace Magnus Carlsen was in the same mood Friday when he chose to...
View ArticleEmergency, insured
While growing up in India, I always believed that US’s healthcare system, much like its TV shows and roads, must be superior. After all, if it weren’t, why would Indian politicians travel there for...
View ArticleWhy do we eat the way we eat?
We are often told that we are what we eat, we are what we think, we are what we intend, and we are what we do. So, there are many of us in one of...
View ArticleAlliance of convenience on the verge of collapse
The INDI Alliance, which was formed before the Lok Sabha elections and had claimed to provide an alternative to the Bharatiya Janata Party, is showing signs of shattering into pieces. There is nothing...
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