A middle-class man in India spends almost his entire life running. Study. Get a job. Take a loan. Marry. Raise children. Pay EMIs. Support parents. Save for children’s education. Save for marriage. Save for medical emergencies. Then suddenly one day, at 58 or 60, society tells him: “You are retired...
There’s an uncomfortable truth about life that most of us avoid like a pending EMI reminder. It’s not death. It’s not failure. It’s being slowly… quietly… irrelevant. And in India — where identity is deeply tied to job, family, and social status — this journey hits harder than we admit....
The uncomfortable truth about independence, expertise, and what it actually takes to survive — and thrive — on your own. By Nishani | nishani.in | Entrepreneurship & Strategy Open LinkedIn on any given Monday morning and the pattern is impossible to miss. A former colleague has just announced she’s “excited...
Here’s the brutal truth nobody tells you when you’re stuck in the 9–5 grind: You’re not tired because you’re working hard. You’re tired because most of what you’re doing doesn’t actually matter. Busy has become a status symbol. Back-to-back meetings. Endless calls. A to-do list that multiplies faster than you...
“5000 applications for one role. AI screening AI-written CVs.” That was just the beginning. Now comes the more dangerous shift — not in hiring, but in how companies value human effort itself. The New Negotiation Question That Should Worry Everyone Earlier, when large corporations outsourced projects to IT service companies,...
Let’s get one thing straight. When a city like Bengaluru — flooded roads, traffic nightmares, water shortages — lands in the Top 30 Cities in the World (Rank #29, 2026), it’s not just a ranking. It’s a statement. Because Bengaluru is not perfect. Not even remotely close. Yet, it’s winning....
Here’s the truth no one wants to say out loud: The Myth Is Already Dead For years, people treated side projects like hobbies. Something you do on weekends, maybe to impress recruiters or feel productive. That era is over. In the AI age, depending on a single job is like...
In India, patriotic speeches are never in short supply. Leaders often call upon young Indians to “build the nation,” “serve the motherland,” and “stay back to strengthen India.” One such appeal recently came from Piyush Goyal, who urged Indian students to prioritize nation-building over pursuing opportunities abroad. On the surface,...
For a long time, society has believed that intelligence is the ultimate key to success. High IQ, prestigious degrees, and technical brilliance are often seen as the main ingredients for building great companies and achieving greatness in life. But interestingly, two of the most influential technology leaders in the world—Jensen...
Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic — the company behind Claude, one of the world’s most advanced AI systems — sat down with Indian investor and Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath on his podcast People by WTF, and what he had to say should make every one of us stop and...
