The week of love has just slipped past us. Roses have begun to wilt, dinner reservations have returned to their weekday anonymity, and the language of affection has retreated from timelines and shop windows. The seven-day procession of roses, proposals, chocolates and promises has quietly folded back into ordinary life. This is usually where Valentine’s…
A sign outside Washington Post HQ read: Democracy Dies with Billionaires. It echoed the paper’s own motto and captured a new discomfort – one of America’s most storied newsrooms now lives at the mercy of a single balance sheet and a single temperament. When Jeff Bezos bought the Post in 2013, his early message was…
Monetary policy has been relentlessly focused on ways to increase the flow of credit to the productive sectors of the economy. Against the backdrop of a resilient economy and low inflation, keeping the repo rate unchanged at 5.25 percent and maintaining a neutral stance was expected. What is unique about monetary policy is its role…
Know Thyself: Socrates said 2500 years ago, there is more to life than knowledge of stones, trees or distant stars; we need to go INSIDE to know the MIND of man. Thus, a compulsory part of schooling and education must be to learn: i) What the Mind is and its nature ii) How the body-mind get…
In 2026, global geopolitics is shaped less by single events and more by the complex mix of power rivalries, energy issues, shifting alliances, and new security challenges. This week shows a world that is unstable but adapting, as countries try to keep order even while old systems are under strain. The Munich Security Conference: Trans-Atlantic…
Trust is a behaviour, not a statement. I walked into the team’s daily standup like I always had. Sat down. Listened. Asked a few questions. Nothing unusual. Except everything about it was wrong. I’d recently been elevated to a new higher leadership position, overseeing people across multiple functions. But I was still showing up to…
Artificial intelligence is reshaping childhood whether we intend it to or not. It’s helping millions of children learn better, access healthcare faster and navigate a changing world with greater opportunity. It could also deepen inequality, exclusion and risk at an unprecedented scale. The difference lies in the choices we make now about how AI is…
Imagine, that one morning you wake up and it seems like your head is covered with a heavy fog – you feel slow in your thoughts, it is like running through mud when making decisions, and even making a simple choice appears hard. It is not necessarily fatigue, but it might be brain fog, which…
AI, or Artificial Intelligence, was a creation of the tech community. Imagine the same community now getting worried about its own creation. It is exactly what’s happening today at various levels. But everyone, from the top corporate honchos to the budding techies in start-up hubs, knows that the genie has been out of the bottle…
We inhabit an age that mistrusts stillness. Movement is treated as virtue, speed as seriousness and fatigue as proof of commitment. If you are not visibly stretched, visibly overwhelmed and struggling to keep up, there is a quiet suspicion that you are not trying hard enough. The modern professional life resembles a perpetually overcrowded train…