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I live in a gated community, which means I am a proud menace to society. To take our entitlement to max, we have a segregated elevator system. Staff get one elevator to ride in and residents get two. Residents may use the staff elevator whenever the mood strikes us but staff may never use ours….

Sonal Srivastava Who does not want to be rich? We all want fat bank accounts, beautiful properties in pristine Alps or cottages in Himalayas; a house by a beach and a farmhouse near a bustling metro, where we might retreat for quiet time after exhausting ourselves with city life, forays into malls and cinema halls,…

Imagine if two grown-up people decide to get married, but the government says they must first prove they told their parents. That’s what the Gujarat government is thinking of doing by changing its marriage registration rules. The proposal says that a married couple must give a written statement saying their parents were “informed” about the…

The US Supreme Court recently made a ruling that affects the special taxes (called tariffs) that former President Donald Trump put on goods from other countries. Some people wondered if this meant the tariffs were finished. But it’s too early to say that. When Trump heard about the ruling, he was very angry. He said…

This week, India’s AI ambitions make a decisive leap as Sarvam unveils a 105-billion parameter foundational model. Back home, Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu reignites the brain drain debate with sharp remarks aimed at an Indian-origin White House adviser. And globally, religion’s footprint appears to be shifting, with one in four people now identifying as non-religious….

There is no doubt that India faces multiplicity of Laws (at the Centre) passed over many years to take care of eventualities and events as they arise during the nation development.  The intent of the laws is genuine but at many times there is conflict between their provisions and Courts in India spend time and…

Over the years, I have observed that human beings are drawn to concise truths. A single sentence, if held deeply, can shape a lifetime. We call them aphorisms, maxims, or commandments. In our tradition, we call them sutras — threads of wisdom that quietly hold life together.  Dharma itself is vast and evolving. It cannot…

Part 2 of 2: Why India’s AI future may run through the edge, not the frontier In Part 1 of this series, we argued that India’s MANAV Vision has a gap at its centre. Data sovereignty without model sovereignty is incomplete. And trying to close that gap by racing to build a single national large…

Today, we stand at a crossroads where the geography of wealth meets the geometry of power. When we discuss the geopolitical economy of the Global South, one term frequently anchors the conversation: Resource Nationalism. It is the assertion of state sovereignty over natural wealth. And there is perhaps no more dramatic, or cautionary, case study…

Part 1 of 2: Why India’s AI future may run through the edge, not the frontier At the India AI Impact Summit on February 19, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a vision he called MANAV. The acronym is elegant: moral systems, accountable governance, national sovereignty, accessible and inclusive technology, and valid and legitimate systems….