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A student stayed back to chat after our online class one day. And just like that, ever so casually, she said, “My teacher in school doesn’t even know that I exist.” Just to give context, she is a student of class 12 and has had the same English teacher in school over the last two…

The issue of feeding stray dogs has sent sparks flying on social media and the public sphere. An objective perspective on the subject requires a fact-based approach. Feeding stray dogs The first fact is that feeding is legal and is supported by Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023 (ABC Rules), which are a part of the…

The smiling yellow marigolds, the peaceful white lilies and the welcoming pink dahlias. I sit in the middle of a garden—my eyes soaking different moods of the colours around me. What a relief from my hectic routine! To be sitting amongst the velvety petals that are glowing with life—despite having only a few days to…

Who is a data scientist? What does he do? What steps are involved in executing an end-to-end data science project? What roles are available in the industry? Will I need to be a good coder to be a good data scientist? How do we solve a data science problem in healthcare without domain knowledge of…

Centuries ago, Plato argued that if there were an invisible ring that could make men unseen, they would not remain just. Not many have disagreed with this assumption. If we momentarily set aside what justice ought to be, the truth is that for much of humankind, justice has been a conditional moral ground, one that…

History suggests that great powers usually stumble into catastrophe not because they lack strength, but because they lack restraint. The latest illustration of this rule may be unfolding not in a desert, jungle, mountain valley, or Middle Eastern oil field—but on the world’s largest island, Greenland, which covers more than 2.1 million square kilometers and…

India needs to be more open and honest with its people. For that, the Central Information Commission (CIC) and other groups that handle public information have to cooperate Recently, someone asked Indian Railways to explain how they decide ticket prices – like normal fares or Tatkal (last‑minute booking). After waiting two years, CIC said no,…

By Osho This is one of the most penetrating maxims of Heraclitus: The sun is new each day. Hunger is new each day. Love is new each day. Life is new each day. To say ‘each day’ is not good. Each movement, gesture, moment, everything is new. So where does the old come from? Why…

With the Union Government preparing its budgetary agenda for FY27, debates around fiscal consolidation, capital expenditure, and industrial growth have taken centre stage. Far less attention, however, has been paid to an emerging structural vulnerability that affects India’s infrastructure, manufacturing, energy transition, and external balances, which is India’s growing shortage of critical and other metals/minerals,…

India now has one of the world’s largest startup ecosystems. The Startup India initiative has evolved into an inclusive and innovative ecosystem across the country, channelising youthful entrepreneurial energy to create jobs and accelerate economic growth, paving the way for the Viksit Bharat 2047 mission. This transformation did not happen overnight. Startup India was announced…