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Every human being desires to live a meaningful life.  Yet despite possessing limitless information, countless books, and endless advice, we continue to struggle with the simplest questions. How should we live? What principles should guide our decisions? What truly makes a life successful?  Knowledge has never been scarce. Wisdom has.  Throughout history, great civilizations have…

Uddhav Thackeray has suddenly remembered Lord Shri Ramchandra. Against the backdrop of the misappropriation of funds from the donation box at the Ayodhya temple coming to light, the ‘UBT ‘ faction has announced a campaign to recite the ‘Ram Raksha Stotra’. Well, it is certainly noteworthy that this occasion has prompted them to remember Lord…

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s three-day visit to New Delhi unveiled a series of significant strides forward in the India-Japan bilateral relationship.  Beyond the agreements on AI and energy resilience, the summit marked an important milestone with the launch of the first India–Japan defence co-development project and a joint roadmap on economic security.  These initiatives move…

‘Slap and Tickle’ gave me an international community I was about to ‘See Five’, a prospect that had me more nervous than a lead actor who, as the curtain rises, realises the play is King Lear and what he’s mugged up is Othello. You had to undergo ‘See Five’ to become a member of Calcutta’s…

The country can become West Asia’s leader if it has moderates at the helm. Trump can help As Iran stages a massive funeral for its late supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei, the question for geopolitical experts is what happens next. Khamenei’s successor, his son Mojtaba, hasn’t been seen in public since he too was injured in…

Stalled e-rickshaws are a reminder that India’s regulation of smart vehicles needs to smarten up As automobiles began to become “connected”, a new generation of security challenges became quickly evident. In 2015, for example, two researchers took wireless control of a Jeep Cherokee by hacking into its dashboard system, forcing a recall of over 1.4mn…

“The words you speak become the house you live in,” said Hazrat Hafez of Shiraz (1325–1390), a revered Sufi mystic. Words have energy. The kind of words that a seeker uses carry significance for his daily life, because words shape our inner energy and reflect our internal world. Speech is a mirror of the heart,…

Few areas of medicine generate as much fascination, hope, hype, and confusion as genetics. Just over two decades ago, sequencing the first human genome required thousands of scientists working across the globe, more than a decade of effort, and a budget of roughly $3 billion. Today, the same task can be completed in less than…

We have all heard it. At funerals, in hospital corridors, after heartbreaks, before exams, during divorces. “Be strong.” It sounds like care, but underneath it often sits something very different. The people who insisted on your composure were, more often than not, the ones who could not bear to witness your collapse. The instruction was…

For 36 years, Sarla Bhat existed in two different archives. In one, belonging to the state, she was just 56/1990, the number of the FIR filed after her body was found on a road in Srinagar on April 19, 1990. Alongside her name were a few cartridge cases and a formality of a post-mortem report….