The phrase I learnt recently and instantly loved

A few days ago, while chatting with a younger friend, I heard the term “emotional safety”. I liked it instantly. And I remember thinking, yes, that’s exactly what so many relationships need. Maybe because it gives a name to something many of us feel. But don’t always have the words for. We talk about love,…

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AI – The absolute intelligence

Recently, I was asked in a podcast how ancient wisdom can guide us in integrating advanced technologies like AI into society so that they support rather than diminish our humanity. It is fascinating to know that artificial intelligence has its base in another AI that is  Absolute Intelligence. This absolute intelligence is what is governing…

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Gandhian philosophy- Blueprint for sustainable civilization in an age of climate crisis

The twenty-first century is confronting far more than a climate crisis. It is facing a crisis of  civilization itself. Climate change, biodiversity loss, ecological degradation, widening  inequality, resource conflicts, institutional distrust, and social fragmentation are not isolated  challenges. They are interconnected manifestations of a development paradigm that has  exceeded ecological, social, and moral limits.  For…

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The Knicks made me a sports fan

Somewhere between June 3 and June 13, the New York Knicks made me fall in love with sports. This was surprising for several reasons. My brother has spent years trying to explain football to me. My dad is a sports journalist. Sports have always existed around the edges of my life, through dinner table conversations…

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Great Wall Of America

What Trump’s policies are doing to football sends a worrying message The 2026 FIFA World Cup is the first ever to be hosted by three countries: the United States, Canada and Mexico. Their slogan was “United As One”. But the tournament is already showing how politics can get in the way of sport. The United…

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Ask what people can do, not what degree they old

Anyone who has sat through a conference on AI and education in India knows how it goes. Someone cites the National Education Policy. Someone else brings up Finland. Everyone agrees that rote learning is a problem, that critical thinking matters, that change is long overdue. The session wraps up, the minutes get circulated, and by…

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Why Messi can still be Messi

Pablo Aimar, Argentina’s assistant coach, rubs his forehead, Lionel Scaloni, the team’s coach, purses his lips, and lifts his eyebrows ever so slightly, in the manner of confirmation that they’ve just seen what they’ve just seen, their brains processing difficult information. They are standing in the dugout of a stadium in Kansas City, where the…

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Focus on strengthening your skills

By Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev My father once told someone who asked him what i was like as a child, “When he was young, he was a dull boy. But now he’s become a genius!” I’m still the same person i always was, but my father had simply arrived at a conclusion by looking at my…

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Great Wall Of America

What Trump’s policies & ICE are doing to teams & fans carry a larger, darker message This is the first World Cup to be hosted by three countries, with a “United As One” billing. It’s also the first where a host nation’s at war with a participating country. Far from transcending this political reality, US…

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