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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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Nasdaq, NYSE, LSE, all want to run round the clock. They may have much to gain, but what about retail investors? Nasdaq, America’s tech-heavy stock exchange, has made it official that it wants to remain open 23 hours a day, five days a week. New York and London exchanges are on the same page. US…

Explaining Goa to Ahmedabad When I returned from Goa on a transfer, my Ahmedabad colleagues looked like hungover partygoers denied water and aspirin. “Why would anyone leave Goa?” said one, eyes stuck in a dry state of disbelief. “Now you can’t do what Goans do daily,” said another.   Well, most Goans commute to work, then…

By Anil K Rajvanshi A new theory in Physics, as enunciated by Gunther Kletetschka, tries to unite quantum physics and gravity and has been creating waves in the scientific world. If proved correct, it will change the world as we understand it. In fact, this may be the elusive theory of everything that hopes to…

There have been very few happy-go-lucky characters in Indian cricket like Shikhar Dhawan . His uncomplicated outlook has stood him in good stead, on and off the field. He has also been extremely candid about his life in his recent autobiography The One. TOI’s Arani Basu spoke to Dhawan on his learnings from cricket, the baggage of a youngster,…