From Roman elections and medieval prejudice to forgotten gods and discarded science, everyday words preserve the hidden histories, beliefs and biases of vanished worlds.
R. Gurumurthy
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Swades was never only about coming home. Two decades later, its harder question endures: what does patriotism demand once pride gives way to responsibility?
Nashit Sekhani
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We have more information, more choices and more access than any generation before us. Yet somewhere between knowing everything and getting everything, we seem to have misplaced the innocence that once made ordinary life feel extraordinary.
Srinath Sridharan
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Some moments linger long after they pass, leaving us to wonder about what might have been. In a world of instant connection, why does reaching out remain so difficult?
Kalyani Srinath
A French mayor intervened to protect protesting students, saying they could have been his own children. His words make one wonder: Is our empathy limited by our ability to recognise ourselves in another person? And when those in power struggle to see the humanity of people who disagree with them what happens to the trust on which their authority rests?
Kirti Tarang Pande
We have begun judging every experience by what it gives us back. Even happiness now appears to require a return on investment.
The city that gave India its tech revolution is now preparing to find out whether artificial intelligence can survive its traffic
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ELBS and Mir gave generations of Indian students access to world-class textbooks at prices they could afford. Their quiet gift deserves to be remembered.
Shubhranshu
Behind a box with a red bow, there’s a whole lot going on.
What turns kindness into adulthood? Is it simply caring for others, or learning to own the small promises, responsibilities and consequences that come with growing up?
Maneet Pal Singh
Not an AI story and not a tale of greed. Coxon's resignation is a story about the gap between knowing and doing, and the systems that make that gap almost impossible to close.
A hunt for something as ordinary as socks turns into an unexpected lesson in modern retail
We once ate, remembered and moved on. Now even a meal seems incomplete until someone who isn’t there has seen it.
A good joke does more than puncture power. It exposes hypocrisy, deflates pomposity and reminds us to check the mirror before laughing at others.
Something strange is happening in the way we live with technology. We barely notice it anymore; but perhaps we should.
We organise careers, money and children with military precision, yet leave the morning newspaper scattered across the house. Perhaps our disorder is more selective than our discipline.
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Purple toothpaste, black charcoal fairness creams, tea that evicts calories—Indian advertising has stopped selling products and started selling deficiencies. One tiny asterisk knows the truth. Meet advertising's most honest, most ignored employee.
We claim to admire character, merit and substance. Yet give us a famous surname, a foreign degree or a photograph with the right person, and our principles suddenly become negotiable.
We have always lived with contradictions. But somewhere along the way, we seem to have lost the old discomfort of being caught behaving differently from what we preach.
Vivek Kaul is a writer and an economic commentator.
Michael Patra is an economist and former RBI Deputy Governor.
Dr Subbarao is a former governor of RBI
Arvind Mayaram, former Finance Secretary, is Chairman of the Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur.
Dr Ashima Goyal is an Economist, Ex MPC Member.
Ajay Srivastava is the founder of the Global Trade Research Initiative.
Abheek Barua is the former Chief Economist of HDFC Bank. He teaches at Ashoka University.
Vijay Singh Chauhan, a former IRS official, is a Senior Visiting Fellow at ICPP, Ashoka University
Gurumurthy is an ex-central banker who handled markets, and later, financial stability for RBI.
Gaura is Chief Economist at IDFC First Bank.
Sharmila Kantha is an industrial policy specialist and author.
Lt Gen Hasnain is Governor, Bihar, and Former Commander of Chinar Corps.
Dhananjay, a D-School alum, is CEO and Co-Head of Equities at Systematix Group.
Ex-civil servant Chavaly held key Railways, Finance roles; specialises in infra & PPPs
Srinath is an author, corporate advisor, and independent director on corporate boards.
Amitabh Tiwari tracks politics with a strategic eye