We have been told for years that white is bad and brown is better. White sugar is unhealthy, so buy brown sugar. White bread is unhealthy, so switch to brown bread. White rice is bad, so choose brown rice. White pasta is bad, so buy brown pasta. The food industry...
When an officer rises to one of the highest constitutional positions in India, the public has every right to examine the record that preceded that appointment. Not to pronounce guilt through political accusations, but to understand whether past controversies were adequately investigated and whether the lessons were learned. Chief Election...
A voter list is a promise. The question today is who gets to keep it. The Special Intensive Revision, or SIR, is a deep house-to-house check of India’s voter list. Many people think it is new. It is not. The ECI says intensive revisions have been held since the 1950s,...
Who Is Protecting Democracy? India is the world’s largest democracy, but democracy means more than conducting elections every five years. It requires a free media, independent constitutional institutions, a fair electoral process and the freedom to question those in power. Today, criticism of the government is sometimes portrayed by political...
A person prays in a quiet room. A politician prays in front of cameras. The act looks the same, but the purpose is different. Religion gives people comfort, discipline, and hope. It answers questions that no government can answer. That is exactly why it should stay personal. When a politician...
An ethical hacker and a criminal hacker often know the same tools. The difference is permission. One has written approval, reports every weakness found, and helps fix it. The other takes what he finds and sells it. Your data is the product in between. Chances are some of it is...
For an office built on being boring, neutral, and procedural, India’s Election Commission has rarely made this much noise. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar is facing a nationwide demand for his resignation, an opposition move to impeach him, and a family controversy that has spilled into the Supreme Court. Whatever...
Growing old deserves respect. It does not give anyone the right to control everyone around them. There is an uncomfortable subject that Indian families rarely discuss openly. What happens when a parent reaches 70 or 75 but becomes more controlling, more interfering, more demanding and more destructive—not less? Some elderly...
India is celebrating the arrival of the AI revolution. Google, Amazon, Meta and other global technology giants are pouring billions into data centres. Governments proudly announce investment figures. Politicians talk about jobs. Headlines speak of India becoming the next global technology powerhouse. On paper, it sounds like progress. But India...
Human beings have achieved extraordinary things. We have reached the Moon, connected billions of people through technology, built companies worth billions, and created machines that can think, calculate and communicate. But there is one thing we still struggle to control: our ego. The ego inside us has become so powerful...
