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Colourful stories behind playful Kings, Queens, Knaves Though the country derecognised princes in 1971, millions of Indians continue to hobnob with royalty. Chances are that you too have met King David of Israel, Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, and the Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne.You’ve also come across Pallas Athena, the ancient Greek goddess of learning,…

Wars hurt investors in short term, uncertainty is always bad. US is threatening one & creating the other Two out of every three Americans are invested in the stock market, and the last thing they need is a president who plays fast and loose with it. But they’ve had one for a year, with three…

All of us in India are aware that we are living in complex and rapidly changing times. The World of Globalisation, multi-national defence power pacts, Rule of Law covering Trade and national sovereignty issues – is now being crumpled and tossed into the waste bin. Power is the new Work dynamic. At this time, India…

I did not go into the bathroom to bathe, or answer nature’s call, or check my reflection. I went in to disappear. For five stolen minutes, I wanted to be a ghost; unreachable, unneeded, blissfully… Source link

Large language models are powerful. They are omniscient and omnipresent. Technical capabilities alone are not use cases. Capabilities need to be mapped to business challenges and requirements to form a use case that is worthy of investment, solution, and user adoption. How would you design use cases of generative AI for the marketing function? That’s…

If China’s long-term objective is to neutralise India while it prioritises Taiwan, India’s central task is not symmetry but denial—to ensure that any Chinese attempt to constrain India generates costs Beijing cannot localise, manage, or ignore. China is unlikely to confront India in isolation. Pakistan will almost certainly be used as a proxy to distract…

Although the world’s first vaccine, for smallpox, was a wonderful invention, it would be an error to assume that smallpox would still be with us if the vaccine had not been invented. In fact, it would have disappeared sooner than it did because the remedy which finally eradicated it – isolation – had been known…

This edition moves from astrophysics to New York politics to the quieter question of spiritual intelligence in the age of AI. From Indian-origin excellence abroad to ideas that travel without visas. Let’s go THE BIG STORY Indian Astrophysicist wins prestigious RAS medal  An Indian-born astrophysicist with a RAS gold medal to his name, Shri Kulkarni represents…

Grand Master Choa Kok Sui (GMCKS) termed Pranic Healing as “a bridge between household life and spiritual life.” A disciple of Buddha Padmasambhava, he founded the Pranic Healing school in 1987 to take care of: Physical & mental health: It starts with healing physical ailments and psychological issues (stress, addiction, etc.) by clearing energy blockages. Emotional well-being: It resolves negative emotions and deep-seated…

The recent unfortunate incident in which a university Vice Chancellor reportedly misbehaved with an author of national repute once again underscores a pressing concern: the need for responsible communication from individuals holding positions of authority, and the glaring absence of sensitivity and public speaking skills that such roles demand. As an educationist, I have repeatedly…