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Can there be a city as evocative—and romantic—as Venice ? As actor and art lover Sharmila Tagore stood and gazed at Paresh Maity’s magnum opus of Venice compositions as resonant embers on canvas as well as dulcet drawings, Art Alive’s unveiling took on shades of memory, experience and historicity. And Sunaina Anand can well pat…

Did you say you were a data engineer? Or was it an ML expert? Or data scientist? MLOps expert? A domain expert? Sorry, AI business analyst? Think about a new type of role that is gaining prominence in the industry: A forward-deployed AI engineer. This week, I am listing out the various aspects of the…

We have got your calendar marked with birthdays, anniversaries, festival dates, and that important work presentation. But somewhere between Holi and the end of financial year in India, there’s a day that quietly slips by – a day dedicated to something we chase every single day of our life. Our happiness. Yes, you read that…

Iran war enters a troubling stage, where most likely outcomes look more destabilising than US planned for If war is a game of chess, Iran conflict has moved beyond its opening gambits into a tense, intricate middle game – where every move carries layered consequences, and no outcome is guaranteed. The early phase was dramatic…

Skilled physical work isn’t a social stigma. India has to fix its thinking, if more young people are to find jobs  Azim Premji University’s State of Working India 2026, highlights a key point, which explains why India struggles to fix its 40-year-old problem of joblessness. Apart from structural challenges and gaps, the report talks of…

Behavioural science has an interesting take on why countries like US, Russia are now totally ignoring a rules-based system: old habits change when new rewards seem, even if wrongly, more lucrative than older ones Charles Duhigg, in The Power of Habit , says that most human behaviour follows a simple loop: a cue triggers an…

Sujit John Sujit is the business editor, Bangalore, in The Times of India. He has been with TOI for 17 years, starting as an Assistant Editor on the Edit Page. He has been tracking technology for over a decade, and intensively tracking it for the past four years. He writes regularly for The Times of…

By Rajiv Vij Pause for a moment. Close your eyes and gently observe your thoughts. Do you notice them arising one after another – some linked to the previous one, some disjointed? Are you choosing these thoughts, or are they appearing on their own beyond your control? Consider your everyday thoughts about the past or…

Think of war like a game of chess. At the start, players make quick, bold moves. But the middle part of the game is the hardest – because every move can change everything, and no one is sure how it will end. The conflict involving Iran has now reached that tricky middle stage. In the…

On the great maya of travel insurance  Main Hoon Na. Never take this assurance at face value, unless it’s given by SRK. I learnt about this relatively unknown fifth law of Newton the hard way, after buying travel insurance for an overseas trip, last month.  The policy worked very well as long as the trip…