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As the latest Gulf war heads into its fifth week, President Trump’s 15-point proposal for a negotiated settlement has run smack into Iran’s 5-point response. While Iran’s nuclear and missile programmes and its proclivity to use armed proxies for pursuing its strategic perspectives remain the perennial sources of discord, much of the focus during this…

8am Donald Trump has entered our kitchens. Thanks to one orange man, a nation of 1.4 billion brown people is frantically buying induction stoves. I have joined my fellow citizens and am trying to order three. But the dealer tells me that they have run out of the 1600-watt ones and the 1800-watt ones haven’t…

In today’s fast-moving world, it almost feels natural to react to everything. A comment on social media, a disagreement at work, a casual remark from a friend, or even a WhatsApp forwarded message that feels away from our ideology. We respond instantly. We defend. We argue. We try to prove a point. At that moment,…

It only looks like it is. Ask anyone what is wrong with the world today. You will get a political answer. Here is why that answer, however understandable, is incomplete.  A global survey by FGS Global, covering 20,000 people across the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, Canada, and Japan, found that 73 percent believe life…

I once coached a senior leader who looked like leadership itself. Crisp suit, crisp speech, crisp opinions. In meetings, people sat up straighter when he spoke. After one particularly “successful” townhall, he told me, “They love me. They were glued.” Then, a week later, his deputy walked in with a quiet complaint: “Sir, they clap,…

Mr. Atanu Chakraborty, the Part-time Chairman and Independent Director of HDFC Bank, has tendered his resignation abruptly, citing concerns over operational practices that he deemed inconsistent with his personal values ​​and ethical principles. He has not elaborated. This has sent shockwaves through the banking and financial sector resulting in huge loss to shareholders arising out…

As a viral meme says, March isn’t over yet, but what a month it’s been. We’re living through the biggest oil shock ever, and stock market carnage. Why? Because US and Israel took out Ayatollah Khamenei. Just like that, amid a charade of negotiations. Last time someone killed a king – ok, heir – we…

For some time now, neuroscientists worldwide have been peering into brains to see how reading from books compares with screen reading, even if you are reading an e-book or e-paper. Researchers’ conclusions are emphatic – reading better, and retaining more, are best done via the physical ‘device’: book, newspaper, periodical. Not their electronic cousins. Nor…

By Swami Sukhabodhananda Life is a sacred interval between two profound events, birth and death. At birth, we enter this world innocent, unburdened by fear, untouched by anxiety. A newborn does not worry about reputation, loss or tomorrow. There is pure presence. Yet somewhere along the journey, fear quietly enters. And the greatest of all…

Invisibility cloaks, and trains arriving at Platform No. Nine and Three-Quarters, should ideally be a part of the extramarital universe. Affairs run on adrenaline and banana peels. One slip, and you are running between divorce lawyers and paternity tests. If the tryst itself consists of soft music, dim lights, and a lot of eye contact,…