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Education isn’t all about transfer of information. That’s abundantly available to everybody. At universities, the primary focus is to enable students with the skills needed…
View More How India’s private universities are breaking barriers to ensure equal opportunities for…
Kamala Harris and I have one pretty big thing in common. We were both raised by single Indian immigrant moms who defied cultural expectations to…
View More Opinion | Why Kamala’s Mom Is More ‘Brat’ Than She Is
Important discoveries in behavioural sciences have shown that human decision-making bears little resemblance to the superrational calculation beloved by economic theory – that decisions should…
View More US antitrust ruling against Google: Default option is highly likely to be chosen over…
Carp were first introduced to Africa as six fish from England for ‘ornamental and angling purposes’ in September 1859. It turned out to be such…
View More View: Govt must force Google to create a separate legal entity entirely located within…
Last Friday, Kamala Harris unveiled her economic agenda at a campaign rally in North Carolina, a Republican swing state, focusing on lowering costs, and hoping…
View More US presidential elections: Opportunity economy, or opportunist, Kamala Harris?
While there is unremitting talk about further policy changes in diverse areas of the Indian economy, there is relatively little discussion around the reversal, at…
View More India’s remittance tax under LRS is a regressive step that threatens liberalisation gains,…
Richard Russo Teddy is an insanely cautious driver, unwilling to goose his little Civic into a left turn in front of oncoming traffic. ‘The cars…
View More Paragraphs from fiction: Straight Man
In people management, one must learn the art of building bridges instead of walls. Friendship is the art of building bridges. Friendliness is like the…
View More What makes love ugly – The Economic Times
Lewis Hamilton. (Credit: X) Expressing his wish to get the maximum out of his career, voiced that he has no intentions of retiring soon. The…
View More ‘Strategies and Sequence’: Lewis Hamilton Talks About His Retirement Plans
Imagine you own a bond issued by a company. There is a risk that it may default. To insure against this risk, you could purchase…
View More View: Let the swap market bloom
Samatvam Yoga Uchyate,’ says the Gita. Equanimity is a sign of yog, the ability to remain centred in adverse situations. Ram is the best example…
View More Align with equanimity – The Economic Times
Kirtan is devotional music. But who is the devotion directed at? In ‘Aaj sajan mohe aang laga lo,’ the musical genre is directed to a…
View More Melody for Monday: Aaj sajan mohe
You know that thing that happens when you start hearing about something new. At first once or twice, and then frequently, and then it snowballs.…
View More Going to Lisbon? It’s a crime to not eat Pastel de Nata
After a recent trip to the US, I’m pleased to announce that jingoism is alive and kicking. This has nothing to do with the 147-word…
View More The fact is, jingo bells, jingo bells, jingoism all the way