Why finance leaders must embrace AI before it passes them

Artificial intelligence is no longer a theoretical disruptor in the accounting profession it is an operational reality. What was, until recently, a series of isolated experiments is rapidly evolving into a connected ecosystem of tools capable of transforming core financial workflows. The shift is underway, and finance leaders are now faced with a defining choice:…

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Resolution process must lead to value maximization

India’s Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has been widely credited with reshaping the country’s credit culture. Still, recent developments in large insolvency processes suggest that its foundational promise of value maximization through a predictable process may be under strain. The intellectual foundation of the IBC emphasises that distressed assets must be resolved in a manner…

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Not perfect, just human

At some point in life, most of us encounter motivational speakers, life coaches, or even thoughtful friends who seem to possess clarity about resilience, emotional balance, forgiveness, discipline, and inner peace.  Their words often feel reassuring, like life maps drawn with confidence. Yet sometimes, if we look closely, we discover that the very people drawing…

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Against the war, hot bombs, hunger and starving children

While missiles arc across the skies of the Middle East and oil tankers idle at chokepoints, a quieter catastrophe is unfolding—one measured not in headlines, but in the wasting bodies of children. While the UN is ineffective in today’s wars, it does raise some conscience, collective consciousness. At least, it provides data—the world of hunger,…

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Paperless loo

To help save the planet, more people are switching from wipe to wash TP or not TP; that is the question. Had Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, been around today, that’s the way he might have phrased his famous existential dilemma.  TP is the abbreviation for toilet paper that people in so-called advanced countries use to…

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Boomtown Blues

Jewar, UP, is the latest in a long list of Indian village settlements suffering birth pangs of town-making India’s newest airport in Jewar, UP, has made millionaires – dollar variety – of many farmers near Delhi. A few have got more than ₹20cr for their acquired land, which is $2.1mn at the current rate. And…

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Trust Or Bust

Why age cannot wither the names Mir Jafar, Quisling, Judas. They haunt us across time As Kerala, West Bengal, and Tamil Nadu go to polls, SIR has shrunk all their voter rolls. By 3.2%, 10%, and 11.5%, respectively, so far. Behind these cold numbers, lie countless human stories. TOI has reported, for example, that at…

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