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NTA and CBSE have a lot to answer for. Their exam systems are failing students and putting young people’s futures at risk The problems with CUET-UG 2026 are another warning sign that something is seriously wrong with how major exams are being run. There have been paper leaks, confusion at exam centres, technical problems, poor…

ACs are becoming firebombs. Upgrade their design Is anyone keeping track of AC fires and blasts? Govt isn’t. There’s no official database of deaths and injuries resulting from these either. Frankly, nobody knows the scale of the problem. But judging by almost daily reports from across the country, it’s significant. And, at least two reasons…

Andhra Pradesh cabinet’s decision to grant a power distribution licence to Google, for its $15bn data centre hub in Visakhapatnam, is a significant regulatory development that deserves both credit and scrutiny. Google – operating through its subsidiary Raiden Infotech, in partnership with Adani Group – is the first private company in Andhra to receive such…

Two seemingly unrelated things are happening simultaneously in Indian finance. Foreign investors are leaving at record pace, as has been widely documented. And Indian banks are running out of deposits to lend. Both are, in fact, manifestations of the same problem. Read full story on TOI+ Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Disclaimer Views expressed above are…

When leaf and airline food go separate ways There is a particular vanity in offering advice one has not yet been compelled to follow. For years, friends, family, the occasional stranger trapped in an airport queue…have been informed, with the gentle insistence of a man who fancies he knows better, that on long-haul flights one…

ACs are becoming firebombs. Upgrade their design Air conditioners (ACs) are catching fire or even exploding often enough that it should worry us. But nobody really knows how big the problem is because the government doesn’t keep official records of injuries or deaths caused by AC fires. There are a few obvious reasons. More and…

There was a time when India was celebrated not merely as an ancient civilisation, but as a civilisation of ideas. Long before modern democracies spoke of pluralism and coexistence, India had nurtured traditions of philosophical debate, spiritual inquiry, and intellectual dissent. This was a land where sages questioned existence, poets challenged social divisions, and saints rose above narrow identities in…

When a woman gets married, she always yearns to visit her parental home. Similarly, ever since I got married to spirituality (Vajrayana), I have yearned to go to Takshang (Tiger’s Nest), Bhutan. Though I yearned for a decade to visit Bhutan, it materialised recently when I reached Paro and began preparing for the trek to my ‘parental home’, Takshang, to…

Fashion has often been divided into categories. There are clothes for work, clothes for weddings, clothes for festivals, and clothes for casual outings. Style has usually been associated with special occasions, while everyday dressing is seen as something practical rather than expressive. Today, that perception is changing. In India, across cities and towns, women are…

‘Compassion arises from attention’. This line stood out for me as I read it some time ago. It’s only when you rest your attention on something, that you allow yourself to feel anything. So, what do we do when we see an injured animal on the street? We try not to pay attention. Because if…