Do Let It Sleep 

We work, we have fun late into night, work again…and stress out our bodies. We aren’t infinitely adaptable  On weekdays, you wake up to a shrill alarm. On weekends, you sleep in late. This is… Source link

Read More

Give Enough Time, EC

Commission should have empathy for those incorrectly excluded from voter rolls in Bengal & other states Almost 8% of Bengal’s voter roll of Jan 2025 has been excluded in the new draft rolls post-SIR. Lists uploaded include those dead, duplicate, permanently shifted, absent and/or ‘uncollectable’. Two reasons for the removal of over 58L such names…

Read More

Atrophy astrology – Part 5

Rahu is inclined to enlighten with the sheer playfulness of senses. Ketu necessitates abstinence and control over the senses. Astrologically, for Rahu to enlighten, it has to be powerful, but Ketu needs to be feeble. Rahu takes the path where senses no longer make any sense. Ketu makes sense meaningless. For Rahu, there are no…

Read More

A multipolar, uncoordinated world emerges

For the first time in many decades, the world’s major economies are no longer moving in even approximate synchrony. Economic gravity itself appears fractured. Inflation grips the United States while deflation shadows China. Europe struggles with anaemic growth while India accelerates with rare momentum. Silicon Valley pours trillions into frontier technologies even as entire societies…

Read More

Heartless or heartfelt? Perception and reality

Are Indian police essentially good human beings who sometimes impose fear to contain crime and deter criminal activities, or are they temperamentally aggressive and abusive? In a country where no one follows rules willingly unless the fear of punishment looms, how can a cop remain humane and sensitive to people’s needs and concerns? Alfred Hitchcock,…

Read More

Are human teachers still irreplaceable?

As 2025 draws to a close, classrooms around the world stand at a crossroads: advanced artificial intelligence systems are rapidly entering not just the fringes of education, but its core, prompting deep rethinking of the role of human educators. The central, timely question is no longer whether AI will influence teaching — but whether human…

Read More

The Conviction Fueled Purpose

Why Your Conviction is the Secret Fuel Behind Your Purpose! Purpose is crucial because it explains why you are here, what you are pursuing, and the significance of your journey. It serves as a compass to guide you to a purposeful end. However, a compass is only able to indicate direction; it cannot force you…

Read More

The Weekly Vine Edition 72: A Messy GOAT Tour

Hello and welcome to the 72nd edition of the Weekly Vine. This week, we unpack Messi’s messy GOAT tour, decode the IPL auction’s tells, parse Susie Wiles’ unusually candid take on Team Trump, and end with a Dhurandhar meme that has taken the internet by storm. MESSY GOAT TOUR As a Manchester United fan, Lionel…

Read More

The national refrain: Jaldi kya hai?

It was the wedding of a colleague’s daughter, and I had joined her on a mission—Operation Invitation. With time slipping through our fingers, we vowed to keep each stop short so we could cover as many retired colleagues as possible. But visiting former colleagues at their homes is hardly an everyday affair, and nostalgia has…

Read More

Why AI may be our best defence against disasters

From heatwaves and floods to cyclones and glacial risks, disasters are becoming routine. Artificial Intelligence offers India a chance to shift from reacting after losses occur to preventing them before they happen. “The real promise of AI is not faster response after disasters, but smarter decisions before losses occur.” Disasters no longer arrive as sudden…

Read More