Paresh Maity’s vintage vitality
Can there be a city as evocative—and romantic—as Venice ? As actor and art lover Sharmila Tagore stood and gazed at Paresh Maity’s magnum opus of Venice compositions as resonant…
AI is entering the state before society is ready
While we are still debating whether AI will take our jobs, it has quietly taken something far more consequential. It has entered the state. Not as an experiment. Not as…
Our happiness has a day!
We have got your calendar marked with birthdays, anniversaries, festival dates, and that important work presentation. But somewhere between Holi and the end of financial year in India, there’s a…
The forward-deployed AI engineer
Did you say you were a data engineer? Or was it an ML expert? Or data scientist? MLOps expert? A domain expert? Sorry, AI business analyst? Think about a new…
‘I visited Tehran in Nov, and it disproved so many stereotypes’
Sujit John Sujit is the business editor, Bangalore, in The Times of India. He has been with TOI for 17 years, starting as an Assistant Editor on the Edit Page.…
Can you control your thoughts?
By Rajiv Vij Pause for a moment. Close your eyes and gently observe your thoughts. Do you notice them arising one after another – some linked to the previous one,…
War or peace: Brains of nations
Behavioural science has an interesting take on why countries like US, Russia are now totally ignoring a rules-based system: old habits change when new rewards seem, even if wrongly, more…
Scary Middle Game
Iran war enters a troubling stage, where most likely outcomes look more destabilising than US planned for If war is a game of chess, Iran conflict has moved beyond its…
Working With Hands
Skilled physical work isn’t a social stigma. India has to fix its thinking, if more young people are to find jobs Azim Premji University’s State of Working India 2026, highlights…
Scary Middle Game
Think of war like a game of chess. At the start, players make quick, bold moves. But the middle part of the game is the hardest – because every move…