You walk into a street with five mobile phone shops. Each one sells a different brand. You spend an hour comparing prices, features, and offers before picking one. You feel like you made a smart, independent choice. Here is the twist. Four of those five brands may belong to the...
“The future arrives quietly. It doesn’t knock. It simply becomes possible.” For decades, blindness has been accepted as one of humanity’s most difficult medical challenges. Science has developed better surgeries, better lenses, better retinal implants, and smarter assistive technologies. Yet one truth remained unchanged: if the eyes could not send...
Elon Musk says money will stop mattering by 2036. Sam Altman is not so sure. Behind this disagreement is a bigger question every Indian family should think about: what happens to jobs, savings, and fairness when machines can do almost everything? What Musk actually said In a long interview with...
Every few months, another headline celebrates a new billionaire. A founder joins the elite club, a startup touches a multi-billion-dollar valuation, or a company becomes the newest unicorn. Social media applauds the wealth. Investors celebrate the valuation. Aspiring entrepreneurs dream of building the next big thing. But there is a...
Why confidence—not just hard work—is the leadership skill that accelerates your career Most professionals grow up believing that if they work hard, stay honest, and deliver results, promotions will naturally follow. While hard work is essential, it is rarely enough. In today’s workplace, success depends not only on what you...
The uncomfortable truths about business that nobody tells you. Every few months, social media introduces a new “secret” to success. Wake up at 5 AM. Take cold showers. Read one book every week. Visualize your dreams. Stay motivated. Manifest success. The problem isn’t that these things are wrong. The problem...
Every year, we read new numbers about Kerala’s business families. Joy Alukkas of Joyalukkas Group. T.S. Kalyanaraman from Kalyan Jewellers, The Muthoot Group,India’s largest gold loan corporation. M.A. Yusuff Ali of Lulu Group. M.P. Ahammad of Malabar Gold. These men built empires from nothing. Ali left his village in Kerala...
Think about a bank clerk in Chennai in 1985. One income. A wife who managed the home. Two or three children. Rent paid, school fees paid, groceries bought, and still, money left over at the end of the month. That family bought gold during festivals. They built a small house...
India is the world’s largest democracy. Every election—from a village panchayat to the Lok Sabha—is a massive logistical exercise involving nearly one billion eligible voters. For democracy to function effectively, one principle is non-negotiable: “One eligible citizen, one vote, one time.” Yet over the decades, concerns have repeatedly surfaced about...
In an era where television debates are often dominated by shouting matches, Saurav Das has emerged as a different kind of political communicator. Before becoming the Chief Spokesperson of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), he built his reputation as an investigative journalist focused on governance, judicial accountability, transparency, and public...
