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For nearly three decades, one of Mount Everest’s most famous landmarks was not made of rock or ice. It was a pair of fluorescent green mountaineering boots. Every climber attempting the world’s highest peak from the north side knew them. Guides used them as a navigation reference. Expedition leaders mentioned them in briefings. Documentaries captured them….

Every morning, millions of Americans engage in a quiet, collective ritual. We wake up, often pull a smartphone from our nightstands or from under our pillows, and seamlessly navigate a digital atmosphere. We stream real-time data, query secure cloud networks for our work email, and prompt artificial intelligence models to predict our needs and optimize…

Where are the grounds vanishing? Where are the schools with open play areas?   Schools nowadays are being converted into multistoried concrete buildings with hardly any space for playgrounds. Most schools hardly have any space for play areas, let alone grounds for football, hockey, basketball, and other games.   The bench of the Uttarakhand high court had…

The influential football manager has expressed his frustration about commercialisation of the beautiful game for years. But this World Cup, with his Uruguay team’s exit, he reached breaking point. “I’m at a stage in life where the things that isolate you gain power,” Marcelo Bielsa told me about a decade ago. He wanted work in…

On Saturday July 4, as the United States of America celebrated its 250th anniversary, the district court for the Eastern District of New York withdrew a prosecution launched in 2024 against the Adani group describing it as “legally flawed” and “diplomatically counterproductive”, which should have been dropped a year ago or “never brought in the…

India stands at a defining moment. As we continue to emerge as the fastest growing economies in the world, the momentum of our growth is visible, measurable and widely celebrated. At one point in time, India contributed more than 25% to the world’s GDP. Its economic superiority also helped create the ‘golden age’ across cultural…

Every age gets the words it deserves. In some cases, the words are not new; the sense in which they are used is. Take a word like ‘optics’. In an earlier time, you would be excused for thinking that it had something to do with eyesight. But in today’s context, we know what it means….

Sometime in the 12th century BC, the Trojans opened the impenetrable gates of the city of Troy to usher in a massive wooden horse offered by the Greeks as a token of peace to end the ten-year war. Once the horse was wheeled in, Greek warriors emerged from its belly. The rest is history. The…

From Bumthang, I embarked on a scenic 157-km drive to Gangtey (Gangtey Gompa), passing through Bhutan’s lush emerald forests, picturesque towns, majestic dzongs, ancient monasteries, and countless stupas. The winding mountain roads unfolded breathtaking vistas at every turn, with snow-capped peaks rising majestically in the distance, while crystal-clear rivers cascaded joyfully alongside, as though celebrating the journey with me. …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Indonesia on July 7–8 could emerge as one of the most consequential bilateral engagements of his third term. While India and Indonesia have long celebrated their shared civilisational heritage and expanding economic ties, the visit carries a significance that extends far beyond traditional diplomacy. It offers an opportunity to…