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The three R’s that shape your life
May 29, 2026, 8:52 AM IST
By Jaya Row Whether you are an athlete, entrepreneur, musician, chef, or corporate leader, the urge to excel is universal. To improve performance, people usually acquire more knowledge, sharpen skills, or pursue advanced training. What…
May 29, 2026, 8:52 AM IST
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Are human + AI cowritten novels the future?
May 29, 2026, 8:22 AM IST
The genie of AI-aided or even AI-authored books is out. A literature Nobel laureate uses AI for her ideas. Dire implications for original human creativity probably won’t reverse this trend. In 2016, a Japanese AI…
May 29, 2026, 8:22 AM IST
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Bangalored: Sidda & his successor
May 29, 2026, 8:15 AM IST
Congress picked a new CM midstream to try and blunt Karnataka’s anti-incumbency instincts. But that won’t address deep regional inequalities. Plus, don’t bet on ex-CM being politically passive. In replacing Karnataka’s longest serving CM, Congress…
May 29, 2026, 8:15 AM IST
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Language, Interrupted
May 29, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
CBSE’s mid-session shock to Class 9 students betrays a larger, inconsiderate disposition The CBSE circular landed mid-May. Saying that by July’s start, a three-language framework would be compulsory for Class 9 students. No reason provided,…
May 29, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
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Law & Lemonade
May 29, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
Golden rule for good deals, judgments and juice – don’t squeeze more than absolutely necessary Jane Austen didn’t say this, but it’s a truth universally acknowledged…that one lemon can’t make lemonade for five. No matter…
May 29, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
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When one flew over the gilded cage
May 28, 2026, 11:24 AM IST
By Farida Khanam An ordinary moment can sometimes open the door to an extraordinary insight. This happened recently when one of my birds, a small bajri tota, suddenly flew out of its cage. It all…
May 28, 2026, 11:24 AM IST
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East Bengal, Arsenal & what football still means to us
May 28, 2026, 8:19 AM IST
Yes, the game is now a shiny product that’s marketed. Yes, following EPL teams shows colonisation of our imagination. But, when teams your heart beats for become champs, you feel something that can’t be bought….
May 28, 2026, 8:19 AM IST
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Yes SIR, but also no SIR
May 28, 2026, 8:05 AM IST
Good that SC recognised voting as a constitutional right. But, for that to have meaning, ensuring inclusion in voter rolls must be EC’s positive duty. And the burden of justifying exclusion must shift to it….
May 28, 2026, 8:05 AM IST
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Yin & Yang Of Quad
May 28, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
India needs more FDIs from Chinese companies, while doing more for Indo-Pacific. Learn from Southeast Asia ‘Speak softly and carry a big stick’ is an adage attributed to Theodore Roosevelt. With Quad foreign ministers meeting…
May 28, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
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Look Up. Stop
May 28, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
The stars whisper, why the heck are we killing each other? Our borders are invisible from space Growing up in a Manipur village, Ronaldo Laishram would spend nights looking up at the stars. Children have…
May 28, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
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Bringing down the last verandah
May 27, 2026, 7:22 AM IST
Delhi Gymkhana was a dispensation from the state to those who ran the state. But it served a function: a place for making deals quietly. The eviction order is today’s India telling yesterday’s India, your…
May 27, 2026, 7:22 AM IST
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Don’t panic. It’s not 1991 or 2013
May 27, 2026, 7:19 AM IST
For fuel, price hikes will do the job. For rupee, a hike in interest rates, one-time dollar bonds issue for NRIs & capital gains tax rejig will do the trick. Remember, our macros are just…
May 27, 2026, 7:19 AM IST
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Let there be spaces in your togetherness
May 27, 2026, 7:12 AM IST
Lebanese poet Kahlil Gibran said, “Let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let winds of heaven dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a…
May 27, 2026, 7:12 AM IST
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GymKhandan
May 27, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
Elite clubs serve a networking purpose. But not when what it means to be elite doesn’t change with times There are dozens of Raj-era exclusive clubs in India. That, by itself, isn’t a problem. It…
May 27, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
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It’s CBSE Now
May 27, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
Another digitised exam process brings grief. Why is change rolled out without stress-testing systems? Onscreen marking, offscreen trauma. Several Class 12 students, teenagers all, have exposed more than just the botch-up of mismatched answer sheets….
May 27, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
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What does Trump love even mean?
May 26, 2026, 9:15 AM IST
Does the visit of US secretary of state and national security adviser Marco Rubio, his first to India, signal a reset in India-US relations?Convulsions in the Indo-US partnership under the Trump presidency have left Indians…
May 26, 2026, 9:15 AM IST
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How meds & coding provide the blueprint for self-reliance
May 26, 2026, 9:01 AM IST
As trade wars and conflicts, such as the one in the Persian Gulf, impact global economies, including India’s, it is important to recall the dynamism of two Indian sectors. In 1968, two entrepreneurs started TCS…
May 26, 2026, 9:01 AM IST
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Identifying when suffering becomes a pattern
May 26, 2026, 8:48 AM IST
By Swami Sukhabodhananda Human beings rarely suffer because of one isolated incident. More often, suffering becomes a pattern. One person repeatedly feels rejected. Another constantly feels betrayed. Someone else keeps experiencing failure, humiliation or loneliness….
May 26, 2026, 8:48 AM IST
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APPsolutely clueless
May 26, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
Some folks still wait for a taxi like it’s 1997 I know what you’re thinking. How bad can it be, really? Truth is, whenever someone tries to explain a new technology to me, I totally…
May 26, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
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The Shortcut Species
May 26, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
In athletics, steroids are no match for training and spirit. In science, AI hallucinations can’t beat research We are living in the golden age of artificial enhancement, and things are getting weird. In science, the…
May 26, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
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