You’re fired
Humanity’s march, down to ChatGPT, is story of fire There’s so much anxiety about gas out there. But it isn’t about gas, really. Deep down, it’s about being human. We…
Burning man
How fire helped create humans — and even ChatGPT Some people are worried about gas shortages. But the worry isn’t really about gas. Deep down, it’s about something bigger —…
Seas on fire
War doesn’t just hurt people and cities. It can also damage the oceans, even though we rarely see it. Right now, many warships from the United States are in the…
Can solar energy double farm income in Bastar at no extra cost?
In the early 1980s, when Maoists had just entered Dandakaranya forest after their disastrous adventure in Bengal, India’s new PM Indira Gandhi had commissioned a study. She wanted to know,…
The love of pearls (Sequel to Love by the Indus)
‘Anyone’ and ‘anything’ touched by the divine cannot remain untouched by LOVE! To love and be loved is the deepest desire of the one who breathes, and even the one…
Why India must urgently build a national spectrum warfare task force ‘now’ (Lessons from the ongoing US/Israel-Iran war)
The article is in two parts, giving out the silent help both Russia and China are giving to Iran to sustain this war. India needs to watch the battlefield to…
Asia’s energy crisis isn’t bad luck. It’s a choice.
Somewhere in the finance ministries of Islamabad, Dhaka, and Manila, officials are running the same calculations they ran in 2022. How much can we subsidise? How long can we hold…
Hinduphobia and the Indian-American dream
This week we look at a troubling shift in the Indian-American experience. A surge in anti-Indian and anti-Hindu rhetoric online is raising questions about identity, visibility and belonging for one…
Economic security is national security
For most of the twentieth century, national security was measured in divisions of soldiers, fleets of aircraft carriers, and the destructive capacity of nuclear arsenals. In the twenty-first century, however,…
Why the Ganga loses its purity within 90 kms in Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand, the land where the Ganga originates, should ideally have the cleanest stretch of the river. Yet, a recent audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India reveals a…