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Some shine is off the world’s greatest sporting spectacle. US advertisers have made football a game of 4 quarters. Tickets are too pricey. Trump’s immigration goons may target fans. India doesn’t have a broadcast deal as yet. What more can go wrong? The late great English commentator, Jimmy Greaves, some people believe, coined a phrase…

It’s nice when the government cares so much about students that it even decides what they should wear to college, like Uttar Pradesh has just done. White shirt, blue trousers, black shoes — just like school again. You may wonder: aren’t college students old enough to choose their own clothes? After all, they are old…

Mining the ocean floor for money? Very risky idea Trump, has opened the door to companies wanting to mine the deep ocean floor. Many scientists and environmental groups are alarmed. A UN-backed group called the International Seabed Authority says this move breaks international rules. Right now, deep-sea mining in international waters is not officially allowed,…

Guided by our senses, most of us traverse the journey of life confined to the sensory world and its pleasures. Blinded by the dazzling temptations of the material world, we miss the magnificent unseen world referred to as Alam al-Ghayb – the realm of existence and knowledge that is hidden from ordinary human senses and…

We do everything for our happiness only!  We work, earn, spend, smile, watch IPL, learn yoga, go to gym, sing in the bathroom, fight with friends, go on fasting, eat a lot, make new relations and even break them for our happiness only.  In short, we are simply obsessed with our happiness. If we succeed…

Humanities and social sciences appear to be declining in the current education ecosystem because the meaning of “education” has shifted toward economic productivity, technology, and employability. So, the question arises what has changed in employability in recent years? Of late, governments, parents, and industries increasingly equate education with job security and income generation. The key…

For years, India mistook noise for prosperity. Growth had begun to sound expensive. Success came with upgraded interiors, premium phones purchased on EMI, destination weddings engineered like diplomatic summits, and vacations documented with the seriousness of annual reports. Somewhere along the way, spending stopped being an economic act and became social proof. Consumption was no…

Following the latest social media fad, “At the request of Pakistan,” this week’s newsletter starts with Asim Munir’s “great game.” PM Modi is doing “Melodi” diplomacy while quietly locking in oil and capital. Iran is charging gate fees at the world’s most important chokepoint. The rupee is trading like a meme stock. And India’s hottest…

India’s power grid is buckling under the summer heat. Air conditioners (ACs) are fast becoming the single largest driver of peak electricity demand — contributing as much as 70 GW, or 25%. ACs are power guzzlers, each consuming 100-150 times the electricity of an LED bulb.   And the scale of what’s coming is staggering. India adds 10…

My first visit to London in 1997 was truly a dream come true, a journey that felt less like tourism and more like stepping into the pages of my childhood imagination. Having studied in an Irish convent school, I had grown up immersed in English literature, culture, and history. The worlds created by William Shakespeare,…