Waist Land

Semaglutide goes off patent in India, the plot thickens Aspiration has a new face, and waistline. America’s Ozempic revolution looks to be headed to India, where the semaglutide patent has…

When Saving Mothers Isn’t A Good Deed

Troubling politics of global elite’s approach to women’s health Over the past two decades, women’s health has claimed a prominent place on the global stage. Govts, multilateral agencies, and philanthropic…

The quiet strength of execution

In public life today, leadership is often mistaken for visibility. Those who speak the loudest, trend the most, or dominate headlines are quickly seen as leaders. Yet, the real strength…

The greatest traitor and the biggest lie – Part 9

Time is not what it appears to be. It is not a river carrying reality forward, but a structural framework within which reality already exists. This is a scientific statement.…

King of the Franks, and Emperor of the Romans: Charlemagne

Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great (748–814), was a formidable warlord and the king of the Franks, a Germanic tribe that inhabited areas of present-day Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the…

How AI is redefining education

Have you noticed how quickly the way we learn has changed? Once upon a time, to learn anything we had to go to schools and colleges. Six years ago, when…

TOI Bharat Abroad: H-1B relief, Zohran backlash, and the meaning of Eid

Hello and welcome to TOI Bharat Abroad. Today’s edition tracks a rare moment of policy flexibility in the US immigration system, a political controversy unfolding in New York, and the…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) for happiness

March 20 is International Day of Happiness. On this day and around it, there is increased interest and discussion on the topic of happiness. Today, it is almost impossible to…

Winter is no longer a season. It is a memory.

There is a particular cruelty in what the latest Climate Central analysis reveals, and it is not the numbers themselves. It is the timing. The data covers December 2025 through…

Is India ready for the $3 trillion global tourism economy

Tourism is often described as a soft industry built on leisure and lifestyle. In reality, it is one of the hardest economic forces shaping the modern world. Every international visitor…