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Many of us prefer reading about exercise, rather than doing it. We also cherrypick bits that suit us If reading about exercise counted as exercise, we’d all be as fit as Cristiano Ronaldo. But the truth is, many of us enjoy reading about fitness more than actually moving our bodies. We also like to pick…

In February 2026, the Bombay High Court ruled that a child raised exclusively by a single mother cannot be forced to carry the father’s surname and caste in official records, emphasising that official documentation should reflect the lived reality of the family rather than outdated patriarchal assumptions. It stirred conversations online, I shared my views as…

While we are still debating whether AI will take our jobs, it has quietly taken something far more consequential. It has entered the state. Not as an experiment. Not as a pilot. But as infrastructure. Over the past few months, the signals have been hard to ignore. The Reserve Bank of India is seeking feedback…

Can there be a city as evocative—and romantic—as Venice ? As actor and art lover Sharmila Tagore stood and gazed at Paresh Maity’s magnum opus of Venice compositions as resonant embers on canvas as well as dulcet drawings, Art Alive’s unveiling took on shades of memory, experience and historicity. And Sunaina Anand can well pat…

Did you say you were a data engineer? Or was it an ML expert? Or data scientist? MLOps expert? A domain expert? Sorry, AI business analyst? Think about a new type of role that is gaining prominence in the industry: A forward-deployed AI engineer. This week, I am listing out the various aspects of the…

We have got your calendar marked with birthdays, anniversaries, festival dates, and that important work presentation. But somewhere between Holi and the end of financial year in India, there’s a day that quietly slips by – a day dedicated to something we chase every single day of our life. Our happiness. Yes, you read that…

Iran war enters a troubling stage, where most likely outcomes look more destabilising than US planned for If war is a game of chess, Iran conflict has moved beyond its opening gambits into a tense, intricate middle game – where every move carries layered consequences, and no outcome is guaranteed. The early phase was dramatic…

Skilled physical work isn’t a social stigma. India has to fix its thinking, if more young people are to find jobs  Azim Premji University’s State of Working India 2026, highlights a key point, which explains why India struggles to fix its 40-year-old problem of joblessness. Apart from structural challenges and gaps, the report talks of…

Behavioural science has an interesting take on why countries like US, Russia are now totally ignoring a rules-based system: old habits change when new rewards seem, even if wrongly, more lucrative than older ones Charles Duhigg, in The Power of Habit , says that most human behaviour follows a simple loop: a cue triggers an…

Sujit John Sujit is the business editor, Bangalore, in The Times of India. He has been with TOI for 17 years, starting as an Assistant Editor on the Edit Page. He has been tracking technology for over a decade, and intensively tracking it for the past four years. He writes regularly for The Times of…