Signing out
People don’t write by hand as much anymore, especially their signatures. Is it possible to fight this change? Maybe! When Trump complained that Biden’s pardons weren’t valid because they were signed...
View Article‘India-China can achieve a Dragon-Elephant tango’
Next month marks 75 yrs of diplomatic relations. Chinese ambassador writes that development, the biggest shared goal, benefits from synergy between New Delhi and Beijing Beijing is bursting with...
View ArticleThe great relationship recession
What’s in a name? For women, sometimes too much. Imagine spending years building your identity, your name, your career, your achievements, only to have it quietly rewritten after marriage. A new...
View ArticleRising quality of Indian business education is boosting local applications...
With a thriving economy and dynamic business landscape, India continues to be a top supplier of talent for graduate management education – both abroad and at home. The increasingly competitive position...
View ArticleRising quality of Indian business education is boosting local applications...
The evolution of the National Education Policy (NEP) has placed greater emphasis on multi-disciplinary training and learning. For many universities, this has resulted in enhancing opportunities for...
View ArticleDeals within deals
Putin came out ahead on Ukraine peace talks. But is Bibi’s bombing of Gaza a Trump pressure tactic on Russia? Trump did make a deal – Putin’s deal. America – and Ukraine – had wanted...
View ArticleWell said, Guv
RBI chief batted for ordinary bank customers. More can be done Indian banks are awash in money. In 2023, they held 103L cr – $1.2tn – in FDs alone. The small customer can seem too...
View ArticleBanks need to do better for customers
Banks in India have a lot of money—₹103 lakh crore ($1.2 trillion) in fixed deposits in 2023 alone! But sometimes, regular customers don’t get the care they deserve. That’s why Sanjay Malhotra, the...
View ArticleSecret deals and power plays
Russian leader Vladimir Putin seems to be winning in talks about ending the war in Ukraine. But could Israel’s attack on Gaza be a secret way for U.S. president Donald Trump to pressure Russia? Trump...
View ArticleWaternamah
Slakes thirst, powers rituals – and fills an iconic well with faith Tomorrow is Navruz, new year for Iranians globally. On the same vernal equinox, India’s Parsi Zoroastrians have Jamshed-i-Navroz,...
View ArticleCrucial unfoldment of being
By Homayun Taba For many years a retiring person was usually sent off with a gift of a clock, with two implications not wholly unrelated: your time is up, or you now have all the...
View ArticleFrom Vedas to White House: The Janmabhumi Swarga and Jainism-Buddhist...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former US President Donald Trump’s friendship is not just a diplomatic formality between the top leaders of two democratic nations. There is a natural ease in their...
View ArticleHindu awakening Vs national awakening
The Bollywood movie Chhava is in the news not only for its success at the box office, superb portrayal of Chhatrapati Sambha Ji by Viki Kaushal and that of Emperor Aurangzeb by Akshaye Khana but...
View ArticleFarmers removed: Speculations persist
The removal of the protesting farmers from Shambhu and Khanauri borders is a welcome step even though inordinately late. The industrialists in Punjab are rightly elated over it. It will take a long...
View ArticleSuri/Srinivasan Story
Memo to Trump: US needs foreign students as much as they need America’s excellent higher education It’s too early to say what Trump wants from US universities, but freedom of speech is not it. The...
View ArticleMusk vs GOI
X’s lawsuit against govt is pushback against far too many takedown orders Two cases, one fight. In Delhi HC, social platform X has said it cannot be “compelled” to join Union home ministry’s nodal...
View ArticleMusk vs Indian govt: A big fight over free speech online
Imagine you post something online, and suddenly, the government tells the platform to remove it. That’s what’s happening between Elon Musk’s company, X (formerly Twitter), and the Indian government...
View ArticleDoes America need foreign students?
Right now, some international students in the U.S. are getting into trouble just for their social media activity or protests. Three cases have made headlines: Mahmoud Khalil – Born to Palestinian...
View ArticleGames people play
The gilli-danda of my childhood has come a long, long way since then My childhood was a self-inventive enterprise. It had to be, because no one had yet invented video games, or smartphones to play...
View ArticleAll history’s violent. Why pick only Aurangzebs?
Bloody episodes of India’s past were not only Hindu vs Muslim. There’s brutal European colonialism & caste oppression. What if everyone wants ‘civilisational’ payback? On the road from Aurangabad...
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