A government hospital advertised five doctor posts last month. Over a hundred MBBS graduates showed up outside the building, waiting for a chance that barely one in twenty would get. Ten years ago, this scene would have shocked people. Today, it barely makes news. This is the quiet, uncomfortable truth...
You did not choose your mother. You did not choose your father. You did not choose the country, the city, the language, or the religion you opened your eyes into. Before you could think, decide, or agree to anything, your entire starting point in life was already fixed. This is...
There is a strange dream sitting quietly inside the minds of millions of middle-class professionals. “One day I want to leave my job and start something of my own.” They say it after another horrible commute. They say it after another pointless meeting. They say it when their manager sends...
A Different Way of Buying Handloom — Built Around the Customer, Not Excess Inventory Handlooom.com, a brand of DMZ International Imports & Exports Pvt. Ltd. and associated with the Save Handloom Foundation, operates on a different business model from conventional fashion and handloom retailers. We do not believe that handloom...
Your Teammates Are Not Your Friends Every morning, lakhs of Indians enter office buildings with a smile. By evening, many leave tired, and not only from work. They are tired from watching, guessing and protecting themselves. I have spent many years in corporate jobs. I have seen how politics works...
Some men don’t hate people. They simply prefer the world inside their own head. While others look forward to parties, crowded restaurants, weekend trips, weddings and social gatherings, there is another kind of man who feels most comfortable when the door is closed, the phone is silent and nobody needs...
One day, someone else may spend the money you spent your entire life saving. Your spouse. Your children. Your relatives. Perhaps someone you barely know. And you may never get to enjoy much of what you sacrificed your life to accumulate. So here’s the uncomfortable question: What if saving money...
Death, Faith, and Science Death comes to everyone, but never the same way twice. Some people live long and pass quietly in their sleep. Some die suddenly, in an accident nobody saw coming. Some take their own life. And some never get to take a single breath. Every culture has...
The day people stop respecting you may be the day you finally realize something uncomfortable: You may have taught them how to treat you. Not intentionally. It happened quietly. Every time you said yes when you wanted to say no. Every time you stayed silent to avoid conflict. Every time...
On 12 September 2026, the man running one of the most valuable AI companies on earth published an essay asking his own industry to go slower. Within hours, the head of OpenAI agreed. Elon Musk replied with three words: “Dario is right.” Dario Amodei is the co-founder and CEO of...
