3 out of 30 is a start, not a triumph
Those shooting bronzes shouldn’t make us forget we can, and must, do better. Mental training is key What do we call a 22-year-old who has won two medals, and almost a third, in a single...
View ArticleViksit Bharat needs awakened India and AI
A truly Viksit Bharat can be aided in its journey, by harnessing the positivity of AI (Artificial Intelligence), leading to an Awakened India. As the nation stands on the transformative cusp of its...
View ArticleHow to excel in a Venture Capital interview
Landing a role in venture capital (VC) interview is a significant milestone in any finance career. I know this firsthand as someone who has helped recruit for top VC funds like Atomico, Index, and many...
View ArticleCapital punishment
Delhi’s governance is a casualty of a political fight with citizens as the biggest loser The SC verdict giving Delhi’s LG the sole authority to appoint 10 aldermen to the city’s municipal corporation...
View ArticleCapital mess: Delhi’s big problem
Delhi, India’s capital city, is facing a big problem. The people who run the city are fighting with each other, and it’s making life harder for everyone who lives there. The Supreme Court, which is...
View ArticleForget Olympic gold
Indra Nooyi is our Simone Biles. We are also busy cracking UPSC, crossing waterlogged roads Having lived through many Olympics, I am sick and tired of that old chestnut: Why do we do so poorly...
View ArticleBanglaMess
Hasina sowed the seeds of her downfall. But her exit is a huge problem for India Once a thriving South Asian economy, Bangladesh today looked like a South Asian tragedy. Sheikh Hasina fled the country,...
View ArticleBangladesh’s big problem
Imagine if your school’s popular principal suddenly had to leave because everyone got really upset with her. That’s kind of what happened in Bangladesh, a country next to India. Sheikh Hasina, who was...
View Article‘India’s worry is troubles in border districts post-Hasina… then, the role...
Veena Sikri, India’s former high commissioner to Bangladesh, tells Nandita Sengupta that once students’ wings of Awami League, Jamaat-e-Islami, BNP and other political groups hit the streets, the...
View ArticleIn Dhaka, they rose, so she fell
By Shahab Enam Khan With Sheikh Hasina forced out of Bangladesh, a very new chapter of the country’s history is unfolding. And, no doubt, its driving force are the Bangladeshi youth. This generation...
View ArticleKamala Harris’ presidential candidacy : A landmark in breaking barriers and...
The formal nomination of Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential candidate for the 2024 election marks a historic milestone in American politics. Harris’ ascent to become the first...
View ArticleRising above affiliations in politics and environment
By Narayani Ganesh Should spiritual masters cast their vote in elections? “All spiritual leaders have to be neutral. They have to be like journalists. If someone asked you as a newspaper, if you are...
View ArticleMigration & its impact on national security
Prior to the Indo-Pak Conflict in Kargil, 1999, Tashi Namgyal, a resident of Daras, while looking for his missing yak, noticed Pakistani Army soldiers where he had been grazing yaks since childhood....
View ArticleI was invited to Israel on a Israel-India Friendship Club’s Inaugural...
As I stepped into the golden hues of Jerusalem’s storied stones, the saffron threads of my Indian shawl felt like a bridge between two ancient cultures. The inaugural solidarity mission of the Israel...
View ArticleTotally fake, very scary
From Dhaka protests to Wayanad tragedy to British riots, reminder again of dangers of AI deepfakes As explosive events in Bangladesh unfolded, Bengal police alerted the public to “not step into a fake...
View ArticleA Bangla lesson
Expecting the past to keep delivering returns is as irrational as romanticising it. Look ahead With Bangladesh in great flux, many Indians are also in great confusion. Specifically on the point of,...
View ArticleTotally fake, very scary: Be careful what you believe online
Imagine if someone could make a photo or video of you doing something you never did. That’s what’s happening with new computer tricks called “deepfakes.” These fake images and videos look so real that...
View ArticleA Bangla lesson: Looking forward is better than looking back
Imagine you did something really nice for your friend last year. Would it be fair to expect them to always do what you want because of that one nice thing? Of course not! This is...
View ArticleOutsider inside
Trump, JD Vance, Rishi Sunak, and Suella Braverman don’t like people who are like them Donald Trump and JD Vance, his one-time die-hard detractor who had described him as an American Hitler, and who is...
View ArticleIndia’s Chabahar move strengthened by Gadkari visit
Clad in his traditional Indian attire kurta-pyjama, India’s highways and road transport minister Nitin Gadkari was in his own class, in a crowd of top Iranian leaders wearing turbans and long black...
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