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Video Sued for calling a colleague auntie? A UK case calls out casual ageism/sexism at the workplace  In a clash of continents, so to speak, UK’s National Health Service must pay an Indian-origin nurse £1,425, after a Ghanaian-origin younger colleague ignored her repeated requests to stop calling her ‘auntie’. The judge noted the different cultures,…

A ceasefire announced in ambiguity, threatened in the same breath by its own architect, and brokered by a state that once hid Osama bin Laden next to its military academy. This is not peace — it is a coercive pause with a fourteen-day expiry date. The ink was barely dry before the contradictions began tearing it…

As Kerala votes today, an important question is, whether the Israel-US war against Iran will impact voter participation, and electoral outcome. Because it’s thrown the Gulf Cooperation Council region, which accommodates a large number of overseas Keralites, into turmoil. The new ceasefire may have come too close to election day, to offset war’s damper. Read…

In agreeing to a two-week ceasefire on the Iran war, Trump’s imperial presidency and cult of personality – which had already generated serious problems domestically – reached a logical crescendo. A war without strategy, escalated step by step in an attempt to force Tehran to save Trump from himself, by simply acquiescing to his narrative…

Elections in single-engine states have a longer train of mishaps. West Bengal CM has raised the ‘bogie’ of derailment. Her CEC, Chief Election Complaint, is the Speciously Illogical Revision of rolls. Railing against it, she claims that the (real) EC has pressed ‘Del Alt Ctrl’, using SIR’s summary deletions to alter the electoral rolls and…

When Apoorva Agarwal decided to study abroad, she aspired to build her already successful career in the auditing and taxation space. Having held positions with KMPG and Deloitte, her pursuit of an MBA was a natural choice in preparing to take the next step up. Whilst not short of excellent local options for a business…

The announcement by America and Iran of the ceasefire is a matter of celebration, not because the objectives of both sides could be met, but because a small nation like Iran could checkmate the superpower America’s imperialistic move. Israel, bereft of American support, is expected to fall in line soon. Americans at large, having tasted…

Hello and welcome to the 87th edition of the Weekly Vine. In this week’s edition, we track the brief history of memes, decode the many faces of Sam Altman, look back at a remarkable moon hoax, and discuss the Indian middle class’s unique woes. A brief history of May Mays (or Memes)A few years ago,…

The global food system is at a critical juncture; facing issues like soil degradation, climate risk, and biodiversity erosions are converging with investor and regulator expectations in ways that make “business as usual” harder to defend. Global estimates show agrifood systems account for about one-third of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions when farming, land-use change, and supply…

Today’s world order is less stable and less secure than any time since World War II. The system we’ve known for decades, built on security alliances and growing markets, largely kept us safe and prosperous while lifting billions around the world from poverty. No one would say it’s perfect — the list of failures is…