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India’s diamond
THE headline may lead you to think that this is about the diamond jubilee last year of India’s independence, or ...
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Those left behind
DESPITE the ambiguity that the heading might lead to, this is not about the Communist or other Leftist parties as ...
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Diversity is strength
On occasion, most recently in the US, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken with pride about the diversity of India. ...
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The pain of one
THERE is a new affliction across much of the world, especially in the West. Unlike Covid or other viruses, it ...
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With AI, a zero-sum game?
TECHNOLOGICAL singularity, an idea first advanced by mathematician John van Neumann, is when technological growth becomes self-sustaining, irreversible, and practically ...
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Will India seize the moment?
The tagline of the rap song "Apna time aayega" (My time will come) from the recent Hindi film, The Gully ...
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Food fashions and the future
A much-used slogan is roti, kapda, makaan. Of these, food is a survival necessity, and has long been on top ...
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What stole my job?
LAY-OFFS, unemployment, moonlighting and gig work, shortage of talent; amidst issues and contradictions, what is happening to jobs? People around ...
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Name or number?
WHO am I? is a deep philosophical question, one which can take a lifetime of pondering. Humans are prone to ...
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Decentralize or drown
THE recent flooding in Bengaluru, the IT capital of India and amongst the most important global hubs for the tech ...
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On a digital high
Economies around the world are going through a major transition. In some, this has been slow and incremental, evolving over ...
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Mobility matters
CRUCIAL meeting to get to, and stuck in a traffic jam? That is when you realize how much mobility matters. ...
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Creating urban harmony
THEFTS. Street crime. Dacoities. Drugs. Gang wars. No, this is not the ad blurb for a new Bollywood potboiler; rather, ...
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Demography-driven migration
DEMOGRAPHY has, for some years now, been recognized as a driver of various key parameters of a nation. A country ...
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The future wars
THE war in Ukraine has busted many a myth. Most have felt, for some years now, that the days of ...
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Reason to wonder and worry
IN the years ahead, technology will affect and change our lives even more than it has in the past. Last ...
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2030 can be India’s techade
ELECTIONS in many states this year and for the Lok Sabha in 2024; the 75th anniversary of Independence and of ...
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