“When you’re 18, everyone asks what you want to become. Nobody asks what you’re willing to lose to become it.” Childhood in India comes with a timetable already printed. Score well in school. Get into a good college. Land a respectable job. Buy a car. Buy a flat. Get married....
On June 24, 2026, the ground beneath Venezuela turned into a terrifying reminder that despite all our technological achievements, nature still holds secrets beyond human control. Within less than a minute, two powerful earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 struck western Venezuela, creating one of the most significant seismic events the...
For years, Indians have proudly pointed to Silicon Valley and said, “Look at who is running the world’s biggest technology companies.” And they have a point. Today, some of the most influential technology companies on Earth are led by people of Indian origin. Sundar Pichai – Google and Alphabet Satya...
Most of us grow up with one simple belief. Earn more money, and life will get better. Work harder, get the promotion, buy the bigger house, and happiness will follow. This idea is so common that we rarely stop to question it. But here is a strange truth. Many people...
Ashwini Vaishnaw recently told a room full of startups that India will move from a “services nation” to a “product nation” on the back of chip making. The government now backs 24 fabless design startups and wants 50. He is right that design is where India’s real edge lies. We...
Most people believe one thing about money: to become rich, you must earn more. A bigger salary, a better job, a side income. We chase the number on the payslip and assume wealth will follow. But it often does not. People who earn well still end up in debt. People...
Is It Really Just ₹24? The True Price of a Single Cigarette There was a time when buying a cigarette did not make you think twice. Today, one Gold Flake Kings cigarette in many Indian cities costs around ₹24. A full pack costs about ₹240. For many smokers, paying ₹24...
Switzerland sits in the middle of Europe with no coastline, no oil, no gold mines, and almost no useful minerals. Most of its land is steep mountains where farming is hard. By every old rule of economics, it should have stayed poor. Yet today it is one of the richest...
Next month I turn 49. Forty-nine. Just one year away from the magical number where people suddenly start saying things like, “Age is just a number.” Funny how nobody says that when you’re 19 waiting for your driving license. When I was 20, I had life all figured out. By...
On June 17, 2026, Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian put their names on a document that few people thought possible a year ago. Trump signed it at a dinner in the Palace of Versailles in France. Pezeshkian signed his copy in Tehran. The “Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding,” brokered...
