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...
A famous brand can disappear. Your money can disappear with it. “If a company is famous, it must be safe.” Millions of Indian investors believed this. They invested in companies that dominated television advertisements, cricket sponsorships, airports, education, telecom, aviation and banking. Some were worth billions. Some were India’s largest...
Millions of devotees across India donate to temples believing that every rupee, every gold ornament, every silver coin, and every offering reaches the deity and serves a sacred purpose. For many, donating at a temple is not merely charity—it is an act of devotion. That is why the recent allegations...
One of the most common questions I hear is: “Why should I spend ₹5,000 on a handloom saree when I can buy something similar online for ₹999?” It’s a fair question. But it’s also a question built on an illusion. Because the two products are rarely the same. One is...
For centuries, a handloom product carried a story. A story of a weaver. A story of a family. A story of a village. A story of heritage passed down through generations. But somewhere along the way, that story began disappearing. Today, the biggest enemy of genuine handloom is not changing...
There was a time in Indian politics when leaders stood for something. Not just stood — they fought for it. They lost elections, sat in opposition for years, even went to jail… but didn’t switch sides. Ideology wasn’t a slogan. It was identity. Today? That entire idea looks like an...
This is no longer a war between the US and Iran. This is a civilisational stress test. The crisis began on February 28, 2026, when a joint US-Israeli strike killed Supreme Leader Khamenei and dismantled Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile infrastructure. What followed was not defeat — it was Iran...
A long Easter weekend. Four days of silence, rest, and finally some time to watch the films that everyone has been arguing about. Good Friday rolling into Easter Sunday, and abroad — unlike India — Sunday leave spilling into Monday as compensatory time off. That is a workplace culture India...
