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As a stand-up comedian, I often joke that at 53, I am not in a bad marriage, but that by casual observation it could be said, I am in a boring marriage. These days my husband and I are more excited by purveyors of non-dairy pizza, than we are with one another. Unsurprisingly, I get…

There’s a medicine called Semaglutide that helps people lose weight and manage health problems like diabetes. In countries like the United States, it has become very popular—millions of adults are already using it. Now something important has happened in India. The patent for this medicine has expired, which means more companies can make it. This…

Semaglutide goes off patent in India, the plot thickens Aspiration has a new face, and waistline. America’s Ozempic revolution looks to be headed to India, where the semaglutide patent has just expired. It’s the key molecule in GLP-1 weight-loss drugs. One in eight adult Americans is taking such drugs already. If lower costs help make…

Troubling politics of global elite’s approach to women’s health Over the past two decades, women’s health has claimed a prominent place on the global stage. Govts, multilateral agencies, and philanthropic foundations have poured in billions of dollars. High-profile conferences have become routine, while celebrities, and political leaders have amplified the urgency of addressing women’s health…

In public life today, leadership is often mistaken for visibility. Those who speak the loudest, trend the most, or dominate headlines are quickly seen as leaders. Yet, the real strength of enduring organisations lies elsewhere – in steady execution and quiet, day-in, day-out consistency. Across India’s political and social landscape, the true test of any…

Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great (748–814), was a formidable warlord and the king of the Franks, a Germanic tribe that inhabited areas of present-day Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and western Germany. He is prominently recognised in history as a warrior king, a unifier of much of Western Europe, and a supporter of…

Time is not what it appears to be. It is not a river carrying reality forward, but a structural framework within which reality already exists. This is a scientific statement. Here reality means matter and philosophically it is material reality. In Part 1, we stated that we would explore time in a scientific manner. Albert…

Have you noticed how quickly the way we learn has changed? Once upon a time, to learn anything we had to go to schools and colleges. Six years ago, when the pandemic struck, it all changed, and how dramatically. Education from primary to university levels shifted to homes, with online learning. Unimaginable once! Now we…

Today’s edition tracks a rare moment of policy flexibility in the US immigration system, a political controversy unfolding in New York, and the deeper meaning of Eid beyond its celebrations. THE BIG STORY US moves to shield H-1B healthcare workers from $100K fee A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has introduced a bill to exempt…

Happiness is something that hasn’t left anyone untouched. And yet it is also very fragile. Now you are happy, but just one nasty phone call,  and your happiness goes out of the window.  What is it that can make our happiness stronger? I call that ‘Wisdom.’ We find contentment by focusing on what we have…