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Copy + paste and repeat
April 4, 2025, 10:52 AM IST
The news about the economic surveys of a state being largely a copy-paste job with numerous sections verbatim repeat of yesteryears�?reports was met with a widespread derision. But should it be? Some deep insights�?/p>
April 4, 2025, 10:52 AM IST
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Summits and investments
February 7, 2025, 9:56 PM IST
Whatever may be the differences otherwise among them, one area where every state in the country seems to be excelling is those “business investment summits.�?On almost a regular frequency one gets to learn about�?/p>
February 7, 2025, 9:56 PM IST
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Outage of intelligence
January 24, 2025, 8:42 PM IST
That homo sapiens had already given up taxing their natural intelligence was no more a newsworthy occurrence. No, the newsworthy story of the day pertained to the outage of ChatGPT. And since people worldwide depend�?/p>
January 24, 2025, 8:42 PM IST
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Freebies to be or not to be
January 17, 2025, 9:57 PM IST
In view of increasingly aggressive competitive welfarism and law of diminishing returns staring them in the face, strategists of political parties were in huddle. They were asked to suggest new vote-catching promises to be included�?/p>
January 17, 2025, 9:57 PM IST
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The Summit Times
December 15, 2024, 9:58 PM IST
There was a time when the salubrious period between November to March used to be the `conference�?time in Delhi. It, of course, was a prehistoric, pre-GRAP/AQI era. But how the times have changed! Now�?/p>
December 15, 2024, 9:58 PM IST
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Napkins, garages, and startups
November 11, 2024, 10:44 PM IST
Reading recently about how an Indian student at Wharton signed his first deal to bring Trump Towers to India on the back of a cocktail napkin brought back the focus on the central role these�?/p>
November 11, 2024, 10:44 PM IST
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It’s all about customer experience
October 16, 2024, 9:31 PM IST
I recently happened to fly to the US on country’s leading airline, run by a true blue-blood conglomerate. The flight was 15 hours long and the in-flight entertainment (IFE) system on my seat was not�?/p>
October 16, 2024, 9:31 PM IST
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The new age social engineering
August 27, 2024, 11:12 PM IST
Taking a serious note of LoP’s public statement “I checked the list of Miss India to see if there would be any Dalit or tribal woman in it, but there was no women from Dalit,�?/p>
August 27, 2024, 11:12 PM IST
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Camouflaged delinquency
August 19, 2024, 6:19 PM IST
With the announcement of the assembly elections in Haryana, the famed `Moral Code of Conduct�?will remain in force till October 4 or so. Taken together with the moral code of conduct in force during�?/p>
August 19, 2024, 6:19 PM IST
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A sanity-insanity inversion
August 2, 2024, 5:45 PM IST
Ever since a departmental inquiry officially concluded a fast-moving SUV to be the primary reason for that unfortunate drowning incident in a basement library, it seemed to have opened up the flood gates (pun unintended)�?
August 2, 2024, 5:45 PM IST
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User experience in the technology age
July 22, 2024, 10:51 PM IST
The realization that the new technology cares deeply about my well being dawned on me recently when even after repeated attempts, I was unable to increase the volume of my Bluetooth-connected speaker. Here was Rafi�?/p>
July 22, 2024, 10:51 PM IST
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The ageless politics
July 10, 2024, 3:26 PM IST
A climax that turned out to be worse than an anti-climax, even from modernist Hollywood movie standards. Yes, we are talking about the debate between POTUS (President of the United States) and the ex-POTUS. The�?/p>
July 10, 2024, 3:26 PM IST
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Desultory desilting & a national pastime
July 3, 2024, 12:34 AM IST
Going by the newspaper reports before monsoon approach the Indian cities, one gets a sense how hard the urban local bodies, the municipalities, are working to ensure that the citizens do not have to face�?/p>
July 3, 2024, 12:34 AM IST
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The first world deprivation
June 17, 2024, 10:00 PM IST
As they say, it’s all about the point of reference. Afterall POV distinguishes the first world deprivation from that experienced by third world, sorry, the developing countries. Just imagine, poor Sunak recalling the hardships he�?/p>
June 17, 2024, 10:00 PM IST
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Profundity in simplicity
May 27, 2024, 9:09 AM IST
“Profundity is not complexity; it is simplicity.�?Bruce H. Wilkinson, The Seven Laws of the Learner: How to Teach Almost Anything to Practically Anyone. Trust a body dealing with juvenility to come to the rescue�?/p>
May 27, 2024, 9:09 AM IST
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Nudge nudge: Don’t astray too far
May 20, 2024, 9:27 PM IST
As the old adage goes, `Don’t ignore words of wisdom�? The grapevine is that certain banks and vigilant agencies are letting drop not so subtle hints to discourage affluent Indians planning opulent weddings abroad. No,�?/p>
May 20, 2024, 9:27 PM IST
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Lesser Citizens
May 10, 2024, 4:56 PM IST
A baby-formula by a transnational company has been in the news recently for its sugar content in India vis-à -vis that being sold in the developed countries. While it resulted in justifiable indignation in the country,�?/p>
May 10, 2024, 4:56 PM IST
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The happiness quotient
April 17, 2024, 3:50 PM IST
Recently a founder of an indigenous datacenter company imagined a happiness-detection chip to continuously assess happiness of employees during workhours, to address potential causes of their stresses. Undoubtedly when available, such a chip is going�?/p>
April 17, 2024, 3:50 PM IST
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Effigies are forever
April 2, 2024, 5:33 PM IST
The recent spate of effigies�?burning has brought back focus on this largely unorganized and cottage industry. Not to be confused with effigies of Ravan, etc. burnt during Ram Leelas; political effigies are used for�?/p>
April 2, 2024, 5:33 PM IST
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