Unfriending your ego!
Picture this: You’re at a dinner party, and the conversation circles around the table like a carousel. As stories are shared, a voice inside your head whispers, “That’s not how I would’ve said it,” or,...
View ArticleArmy Day: Saga of bravehearts
Since its inception in 1895, the Indian Army has been a symbol of bravery and dedication. From the gallantry of soldiers in World Wars to the heroics in post-independence wars like 1947, 1965, 1971,...
View ArticleThe five sins of spiritual practice
Almost a couple of decades ago, soon after my intellectual leanings grew beyond Darwinian evolution and semiconductor theory, I happened to stumble upon two seminal works that I cherish to this day....
View Article9th Indian Armed Forces Veterans Day
Today, as the nation observes the 9th Indian Armed Forces Veterans Day, it is a moment to pause, reflect, and pay tribute to the selfless service, deadly dedication, and grit of our veterans. This day,...
View ArticleFor this Mumbai boy, all the world’s a stage
Just imagine. What would have happened had Feroz Abbas Khan continued with his job in Saudi Arabia where he wanted to earn money to fund his desire to pursue an MBA in a US university?...
View ArticleA focus on India’s booming gig and platform economy
Introduction The pace of digitalisation has grown rapidly around the world, transforming societies and ushering in a new economic revolution with significant implications for the future of work and...
View ArticleMusk kalandar
The SpaceX and Tesla tycoon is using his megabucks to play an international Game of Thrones Elon Musk, by far the world’s richest individual, worth over $421bn, is playing an international Game of...
View ArticleHow Not To Run Unis
UGC’s draft guidelines on selecting VCs, if implemented, will do no good & much harm The UGC’s new draft rules for choosing vice-chancellors (VCs) could cause more problems than they solve. A...
View ArticleFor The Record
Chinese are first to hit the $1tn trade surplus milestone, but they have a lot to worry about China sold goods and services worth $3.6tn to other countries in 2024, bought stuff worth $2.6tn, and...
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Chinese are first to hit the $1tn trade surplus milestone, but they have a lot to worry about In 2024, China became the first country to hit a $1 trillion trade surplus. This means it...
View ArticleHow Not To Run Unis
UGC’s draft guidelines on selecting VCs, if implemented, will do no good & much harm National Education Policy 2020 has a clear vision of moving higher educational institutions (HEIs) towards full...
View ArticleMiddle management …. sacrificial lamb which can extract a huge price!
Over the last few years, one of the standard management approaches for cost reduction (due to falling margins, business mergers & acquisitions, raising funds from capital markets, etc) has been the...
View ArticleIndia needs development finance institutions: Bridging gap for MSMEs
India’s economic landscape has long been fueled by the vigor of its small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), which contribute significantly to GDP and employment. However, a glaring void in the financial...
View ArticleThe Weekly Vine Edition 26: Why Mark Zuckerberg is like a Bihari politician
Hello and welcome to another edition of the Weekly Vine. This week, we have Mark Zuckerberg LARPing as a Bihari politician, surviving Yograj Singh, Trump’s madman diplomacy, the 2025 Maha Kumbh and the...
View ArticleStarey starey knight
Lessons from L&T’s showpiece projects What is this life if full of care, We have no time to stand and stare? No time to stand beneath the boughs And watch the beauty of our spouse?’...
View ArticleFat lot of good: What we really need to know about obesity
Have you ever heard of BMI? It stands for Body Mass Index, a number you get when you divide someone’s weight by the square of their height. It was invented way back in 1832 by...
View ArticleGames of drones
Setbacks shouldn’t deter GOI from continuing to invest in UAVs on priority. Also, cut private players more slack In a setback for the armed forces’ ongoing plans for induction of military drones, a...
View ArticleFat lot of good
Now that BMI’s rightly discredited, we need better measures for obesity, a major problem in urban India Humans may be tall, short, broad, slim, and all are normal, but Adolphe Quetelet didn’t like the...
View ArticleGames of drones: Why India needs to keep investing in UAVs
Imagine robots flying in the sky, gathering information, delivering packages, or even helping in battles. These are drones, also called UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles). They’re becoming super important...
View ArticleCricketers, let passion for game fuel your effort
By Hansaji Yogendra Fate, it is said, can be temperamental, creating emperors out of shepherds. But its capricious whims also brook no remorse as time and change annihilate the mightiest of empires....
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