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Reform cannot wait, aviation safety is at stake

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The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s preliminary report on the Air India Boeing 787 air crash in Ahmedabad, on June 12, 2025, was released last week, on July 12. The report remains inconclusive, with critical uncertainties on whether pilot action was inadvertent or deliberate. I would argue that the lack of faith among pilots and those … Read more

Reframing the language question – The Hindu

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Political scientist Samuel Huntington warned that when societies undergo rapid sequences of change without the parallel strengthening of institutions, they invite disorder rather than development. In post-colonial states, efforts to emulate models of modernity often take the form of sudden thrusts and dramatic reconstructions. But without institutional maturity, these transformations can fracture rather than unify. … Read more

​A long list: on the U.S., designation of The Resistance Front group   

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The decision of the U.S. to designate The Resistance Front (TRF) group that claimed responsibility for the Pahalgam terror attack in April 2025, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist is a development that should undergird the global fight against terror. The Ministry of External Affairs has called it “a … Read more

India can reframe the Artificial Intelligence debate

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‘India must make a serious push to share AI capacity with the global majority’  | Photo Credit: Getty Images Less than three years ago, ChatGPT dragged artificial intelligence (AI) out of research laboratories and into living rooms, classrooms and parliaments. Leaders sensed the shock waves instantly. Despite an already crowded summit calendar, three global gatherings … Read more

Republican rumblings: on Trump and the Epstein files

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President Donald Trump, under pressure from a segment of his support base, has instructed his Attorney General, Pam Bondi, to request a court to unseal grand jury transcripts related to sex offender and former friend of the President, Jeffrey Epstein. While Mr. Trump had vowed, even during his presidential campaign, to unveil the files, in … Read more

The power and puzzle of memes

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Humor has evolved, from printed jokes and cartoons in magazines to the fast-paced world of digital memes and video shorts.  | Photo Credit: SREEJITH R. KUMAR Though I hate to admit it, my mornings often begin with checking social media on my phone. As I scroll through the unread messages, I am flooded with photos … Read more

A framework for emotionally intelligent leadership

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In today’s high-octane corporate world, anxiety has become an invisible currency we trade daily — silently depleting our emotional reserves. The rise of artiticial intelligence has intensified fears of redundancy, pushing some people further into isolation, with AI becoming their closest companion at work and home. The only true antidote? Cultivating a genuine, lived, and … Read more

Sowing the seeds of success

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Success is known to be a harsh taskmaster. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Perhaps nothing is more universally and keenly sought after than success and all that it implies. It’s, of course, common knowledge that success is invariably the result of untiring application and unrelenting hard work over a prolonged period of time, sometimes running … Read more

Love, power, and unspoken violence

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What drives a woman — often seen as the nurturer — to commit the ultimate act of violence against her partner? This unsettling question bothered me after finding various incidents of women murdering their husbands, over a month. These stories are not just fodder for sensationalist media; they reflect deeper undercurrents of emotional conflict, social … Read more