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What was once a food meant for those who could afford nothing else is back as a superfood of choice. Millets are now seen as a food for those with evolved tastes. As are jowar, bajra and ragi. Millet and so many other grains that an earlier generation had striven to leave behind. Handloom now…

Kargil – 1999, was the first major conflict the Indian Armed Forces fought since  the victory of 1971, when Bangladesh was liberated. 1971 was an  unquestionably overwhelming victory. However, the euphoria of victory often  disallows the right lessons to be learnt. It was in Kargil, a relentless bloody  contest to regain ground across snow clad…

The intervention in Venezuela by the United States did set the tone for this year. It was an episode that has not only become a threshold moment for energy markets and energy flow around the world, it also has the potential to be a moment that later defines energy statecraft much like the 1973 OPEC…

The phrase “God of Small Things” suggests a profound truth: the divine does not reveal itself only through grand miracles, sacred spaces, or world-altering events. More often, the intelligence that governs the universe operates quietly—through ordinary people and seemingly insignificant moments. In the vast theatre of life, not everyone stands beneath the spotlight, yet many…

Last week, something alarming happened in the world of software — and almost nobody outside the tech industry noticed. A widely-used software library called LiteLLM, downloaded over 95 million times every month, was quietly compromised by hackers. For roughly 40 minutes, anyone who installed it unknowingly invited malicious code into their systems code designed to…

In Part 1 and Part 2, we covered how to calculate your cardiovascular risk in the Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) framework and what markers and risk factors to measure. In Part 3 (#70) of this four-part series, I cover what one can actually do about it. The eight pillars of cardiovascular health from the American Heart Association’s 2022 Life’s Essential…

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) systems have become central to modern data-driven decision-making. They are now widely applied in fields as diverse as healthcare, finance, cybersecurity, transportation, and social media analytics. Despite advances in algorithmic design—such as ensemble methods, support vector machines, and deep neural networks—the effectiveness of predictive models often depends less…

There is a widely held perception today that the finest medical care exists only within the polished walls of expensive private hospitals. My own life journey, however, has revealed a far deeper truth. India’s government hospitals are home to some of the most skilled, experienced, and deeply dedicated doctors, whose service is rooted not in…

In the current economic world order as is developing, the employee is the weak link in the economic activity chain. It would be a truism to say that a very large part of the World Economic Business is done by Corporates (whether private, public, listed – promoter managed / professional managed, etc). The Corporate structure…

There was no indication ever in my life that I love animals …unless they were curried or roasted.  I have nothing against them, and I think all “leisure” pursuits which target them like hunting, fishing is just not right. But in my own self-serving moral zoological radar, I made an allowance for poultry, bleating livestock…