Opinion
Raghav Chandra's column: What is the use of an infrastructure built in a hurry that is not sustainable?
It is true that infrastructure has expanded on a large scale in the country. But the flaws that are constantly appearing in projects within a few days of their completion are a matter of concern. There have been many incidents of surface slippage, cracks, landslides and potholes in the Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway and Ganga Expressway, which were built with a huge budget and started recently. Earlier, the same thing happened in Delhi-Dehradun and Delhi-Mumbai Expressways. The economic loss caused by these incidents is in crores, but the lack of trust between the public and the government is much
Boria Majumdar's column: Pakistan blames itself for its poor condition in cricket
Midway through the Test series with England, Pakistan panicked and took such a step that don't ask. He sent back seven players and removed the coaches, as if he wanted to set an example to teach them a lesson. Now Babar Azam is saying on record that he had no idea about these decisions. So what did the PCB want to set an example by sending these players home? Insults and abuse? And what message is being sent to other players in Pakistan by what they have done? The players and coaches are being attacked, but what about the officials? Why not a word about them? Why are they not accountable? How
Rajkumar Jain's column: Thinking differently is our strength, but AI threatens it
Our greatest strength has been the diversity of our thinking. History is witness that behind every major discovery, there has been the voice of someone who dared to question the accepted assumptions of his time. But in the age of AI, the question that is being raised is whether this technology is eliminating the diversity of our knowledge? Today, what we read, what we search, what ideas we reach and what kind of answers we accept are all influenced by algorithms. Ironically, the digital world that was once thought to be a vast ocean of human experiences, languages, cultures and ideas is now sl
Shekhar Gupta's column: We should not fall into the trap of 'food versus fuel'
The BJP's loyal vote bank is angry today about the adulteration of ethanol in petrol. In the past months, at airports, at weddings, in hotel lobbies, as guests and taxi drivers, I met many people who looked angry. Their anger was that how can they forcibly give us ethanol mixed petrol (EBP)? Broadly, the questions of these people are, what will we benefit from this? We will pay the same price, but we will get less mileage. With this, the engine of the vehicle will also be damaged, while we will be paying EMIs regularly. And how will this benefit the country? If there will be any benefit, why a
Ruchir Sharma's column: AI 'boom' should not prove to be a 'bubble' due to rising debt burden
Warnings about America's growing debt have been made since the 1970s, but none of the warnings proved to be true. However, now the unbridled debt is beginning to matter. Last month, it started selling government bonds around the world. And its first tangible effect may be that rising interest rates on US bonds put the brakes on the AI boom. If you look back at history, you will find that every major economic-bubble came to an end when the cost of credit for the companies at its center increased significantly. This includes the railway crisis that unfolded in the 1800s. In the last century, all
Pt. Vijay Shankar Mehta's column: How much information and how much knowledge is there in education
This is the time for a flood of information. AI contributed more to that. Now no one has anything to do with knowledge. All the work is going on with the information that is getting immediately. But remember that information prevents us from knowing. So what do we have to know? What are we human for, what is the difference between us and an animal - it will be called knowing correctly. And today's technological age will stop you in this. Be careful or else it will be difficult to know life, even if the whole world knows. Tulsidas ji has written a line – Hari Sevakhin na vyap abidya, Prabhu i
N. Raghuraman's column: Understand Gen-G, they're not as bad as you think
'May I come in', the HR person looked up from his desk and shook his head. The candidate came in, sank into the chair and sat down without trying to sit up straight. The HR person waited for a few seconds for him to take out the AirPods. When he did not do so, he asked to take out the AirPods and asked why he liked the job of cashier. He said that 'it is a part-time job and it is okay according to what I want to do in free time. I can go out with my friends, go on holidays and do other such things.' His answers, tone and body language had sent a clear message to the entire selection panel: he
N. Raghuraman's column: Love and good things are effective even in small amounts
As a child, playing on the street – especially when the weather was not very favourable – was never an easy task. After running around for an hour, we would be drenched in sweat and desperately looking for something to quench our thirst. The roadside dump quenched our thirst, but our body seemed to be asking for something else to regain its lost energy. In short breaks of two or five minutes, we would run home, use the courtyard washroom, wash our hands quickly, and pick up whatever we could find by putting our hands in the jar on the shelf. This was the rule of almost every Sunday. Most o
Rita Kothari's column: The voices of small towns are beginning to be heard in our stories
In his novel 'Ten Kilometres from the City', Nilesh Raghuvanshi describes a life far away from Bhopal that is thriving, full of difficulties and challenges, but also very deep and philosophical. The journey between this town and the city – oblivious to any other life outside its borders – is determined by the storyteller's bicycle. Like a narrator and a record, this bicycle is one of the last traces of the place, which has now transformed from an unrecognizable, neo-liberal and ordinary extension of the city that is difficult to identify. In the novel, childhood memories of bicycles begin
Pt. Vijay Shankar Mehta's column: If you have cultivated food, then understand that half of the meditation is also done
Many pairs are famous in this world. Similarly, there are some pairs of nature and conduct, which should be properly coordinated. Such as wisdom with knowledge, virtue with modesty, non-violence with truth, peace with happiness, joy with love, morality with character. And this harmony will fit right only when we understand it with the soul. We should all put so much pressure on our body, control the mind so much that we travel towards our soul. Some people say that it is difficult for us to meditate, so an experiment can be done – become aware of your diet. Food has a deep impact on mental h
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