Big Tech, Big Takedown

Social media companies are very smart and always come up with new ideas to keep people using their apps. But now, people are starting to push back, especially because these…

Big Tech, Big Takedown 

Social media comeuppance begins. Companies must correct design choices that hurt children Say what you will about social media companies, they never stop innovating. It’s their basic survival reflex. Finally,…

Knowing when and how to seek comfort at the end of life  

Serious illness often brings a quiet but profound turning point—one that unfolds gradually rather than all at once. Patients and families begin to sense that continuing aggressive treatment may no…

India can be Denmark. Pakistan can be Norway. Iran can be Sweden. So what’s stopping them?

Denmark’s recent general election offers a nuanced and instructive outcome that extends far beyond a mere electoral setback for Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. Although the Social Democrats emerged as the…

Stop pretending the song is the problem

Every few months, India crowns a new cultural villain—almost predictably, almost on cue. Last week, it was schoolgirls dancing in towels. Before that, a Kannada poem declared “too bold.” Now,…

The greatest traitor and the biggest lie – Part 10

Most advanced as well as rudimentary minds in the contemporary world agree that the world is causative. If one sows a seed, it grows into a plant. If the seed…

The price we attach to greatness

I once encountered the claim that “madness is the price of greatness”, and it has stayed with me. It suggests a bargain—inner fracture is redeemed by external brilliance. Pain is…

When empathy is swept under the carpet

Empathy and sympathy, those elegant words we casually toss around between a motivational quote and a cup of tea, are supposed to be natural. Like breathing. Or judging relatives at…

Ishani: Devi of inner awakening

By Ullhas Pagey In the ethereal tapestry of ancient wisdom, where veils of illusion part to reveal the luminous core of existence, Ishani emerges as goddess of inner awakening, a…

The Thar’s trickster

Raghav Gupta Mr Raghav Gupta is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of 2012 batch who has served in various capacities in the Income-tax Department such as investigation, assessment and…