The Iran war-linked energy crisis is different from previous shocks. Oil and gas markets are not simply rising, they are repricing violently, around disruption risk. On March 20, Brent settled at $112.19 per barrel, its highest since July 2022, after roughly 440mn barrels were removed from global supply, over 22 days. By March 24, after…
Iran war again shows smart devices are a grave national security risk. US is acting on this. India must vet imports What 10 years of fighting and killing couldn’t do in Troy, a wooden gift horse did overnight. And now, almost 2,800 years after that story was first told, “Trojans” are hiding in plain sight…
A long time ago, in a famous story called the Trojan Horse, soldiers hid inside a giant wooden horse to sneak into a city and win a war. Today, something similar can happen with modern gadgets. If you’re reading this on a phone or computer, you might be using devices like Wi-Fi routers or security…
Hate in India today does not arrive with a warning. It does not begin with violence. It begins quietly in forwarded messages, in casual remarks, in viral videos, and in jokes that are “not meant to offend.” And then, slowly, it becomes normal. What should alarm us is not just that division exists, but also…
“In the high-stakes and intricate theatre of Indian politics, the weeks leading up to an election are often defined not only by the battle against the opposition, but also by the war within. For the Congress party, particularly in its strongholds, the pre-poll season has historically been a time of turbulence, a period where the…
In my years of working and writing about the war widows, disabled soldiers, and the larger veer parivaars, I have encountered many stories of courage and resilience. And yet there is one truth that continues to unsettle me, no matter how often I witness it, the quiet, enduring anguish of mothers of soldiers who are…
Celebrities don’t always endorse products because they personally believe in them. Often, endorsements are simply lucrative business deals allowing celebrities used as “trust shortcuts” to reach the “next billion” users. Many A-list stars back mass-market products that sharply contrast with their real lifestyles, values or public stances. A familiar example is Shah Rukh Khan endorsing…
Looking around the world today, we can say that there is global instability. The map of West Asia is being rewritten by fire. The conflict between the US, Israel, and Iran has escalated significantly and Operation Epic Fury, has changed years of shadow warfare into a direct, high-intensity regional conflict. It has turned the Persian…
The common perception is that the job of the Interior Designer will eventually be taken over by AI. There are numerous “take a picture and see your space complete transformed by AI” models that have been around since a couple of years now. In the last 4 months Gemini has gone “nano bananas” and leap…
Thanks to Mr Trump it is an open season for disagreements, and in turn agreements. As Indian Prime Minister is a man of action and also of the moment, we are seeing a lot of action on agreements front. On the other hand, thanks to our opposition that seems to be desperately looking for fault-lines…