Aiyar, Rahul and the dynasty politics of leadership
Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar has recently exposed the internal unrest within the party. “I am not a ‘Rahulian’”, said Mani Shankar Aiyar. Only he…
Politics of America’s tariffs
Democrats spent the weekend celebrating the US Supreme Court ruling against Trump’s tariffs, which declared most of his taxes on imported goods as illegal. Those celebrations are premature. It’s not…
The Silicon Club
Pax Silica opens gates to big investment in India, even as the tech Cold War heats up Now that India has joined Pax Silica, anxiety over being left out in…
And Then There Were None
Case of the vanishing little grey cells Hercule Poirot, one imagines, would have been appalled. Not by any murder – that was his metier – but by what is happening…
Lingaraj & Mukteshwar Temple – Where stone speaks of liberation
I visited Bhubaneswar for the first time, though I had visited Puri and Konark 30 years back. When I arrived at Bhubaneswar railway station, I attempted to book an auto.…
Trump Tariffs Not Dead
But he’ll likely be less of a bully now Has US supreme court killed Trump’s tariffs, or merely hit pause? It’s too soon to say. Trump’s first reaction, per Reuters,…
Never smoked? Why lung cancer still deserves your attention
Lung cancer has always been thought of as a smoker’s disease. That is still largely true, but the story is changing in an important way. A growing share of lung…
Monetizing the infinite
There was a time when astrology revealed light, education cultivated wisdom, and time invited contemplation. Today, astrology predicts stock movements, education guarantees packages, and time measures productivity per hour. Progress,…
The real reason smart leaders still fail with people
I have coached leaders with razor-sharp minds and glittering CVs who still could not keep good people in the room. They could solve complex problems in minutes, yet struggle to…
Why & How Wars Will Never End
And with AI, the way nations fight will get nastier In late 1940s, many pundits believed that World War 2 would be the last large-scale military conflict. With the clarion…