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System Reboot

Schools and colleges need autonomy, teachers need training, and kids can’t be made to lurch from…

Being Good Enough

Perfection is a luxury when you’re competing with limited resources in a lopsided geopolitical r…

Being Good Enough

You don’t always have to be the best. Sometimes being good enough is the first step to winning I…

Lindsey’s Will 

Despite Senate’s approval, Russia sanctions bill may not sail through. But India should be prepa…

Keep the Peace

The protests by young people may be over, but what happens next is just as important. Courts, go…

Bit Too Much?

Comms apps usually stay a step ahead of govt restrictions. Plus, they’re too useful  Imagine a s…

Middle-Class Question

The Jantar Mantar protests ended peacefully because both the govt and CJP were willing to compro…

Marginalia – Love, uncorrected

Every manuscript, before the printing press made the labour invisible, passed through the hands …

Take Vitamin S, Skip The Pill

Modern life is in dire need of sunlight, but without medicalisation and commercialisation Modern…

Ill-feelings on ‘wellness’

Here’s a brief con-tour of the scams ‘Anti-ageing’, and ‘gut health’ are the new snake-oils. Bei…

Glamorous garbage

How celebrities can help to clear our cities of rubbish Indira Gandhi famously remarked that pov…

The Muppetification

Bieber and Miss Piggy mix sourly with football Kamala plonked herself next to me on the sofa. “M…

Something Sick 

High costs, poor infra, scams, and unrealistic demand – medical education is in dire straits  NE…

Home is where?

The heart is not always its GSP marker The news refuses to go away even when you think you’ve go…

Can’t Fire, Can’t Fight?

Both US and Iran are running low on missiles. That may put a limit on how long hostilities can c…

Sir, What Was That?

People are still confused by the Election Commission’s new voter rules, and many are finding it …

Cane And Able

Revenge of the sweetest crop is surprisingly bitter India’s “ICE” age is facing a “3G” meltdown.…

No Slap On The Wrist

Politicians who attack doctors should be punished strictly A shocking video from Thane shows a l…

War Or Theatre?

The fighting around the Strait of Hormuz is partly real and partly political. India should focus…

It’s Stealing

Piracy means copying and sharing someone else’s work without permission. It may seem harmless, b…

When darkness entertains

The other day, while casually browsing through YouTube, I stumbled upon an engrossing vlog on th…

Human evolution’s next frontier

By Daaji We often think of evolution as a slow, chromosomal crawl, but modern neuroscience is be…

Hope Won’t Be Buried

Inspiring stories of Venezuela quake survivors After two huge earthquakes hit Venezuela on June …

Not Playing God

Scientists can make a cell from scratch now. That’s a useful tech for solving many global proble…

The 10-Digit Problem

Your phone number has become your online identity. That can be risky. So what can we do about it…

Auf Wiedersehen 

Germany’s shock exit from the World Cup tells a larger tale: upsets are a rich part of human aff…

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