Opinion
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
Brahma Chellani's column: China's giant dams will prove to be a water-bomb for the world
Do you know which place China has chosen to build the world's largest dam? It is one of the most complex geopolitical and seismically unstable regions in the world. Just a few kilometers from the border with India, China is building an unprecedented project on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet. It is the world's highest-flowing major river. It is called the Brahmaputra in India. This huge dam will also leave China's Three Gorges Dam far behind in terms of power generation capacity, which is currently the largest dam in the world. Its reservoir will hold a huge reservoir of water above the pop
Ashutosh Varshney's column: A new political language has emerged in favour of women
Addressing young women in Pune during the 'Students' Goonj programme a few days ago, Rahul Gandhi said that in India, the ideal woman is put in three categories, she is seen only as a daughter, wife or mother. Rahul further said that there is nothing wrong in being seen as one of these, but it cannot be your only identity. Many women are excellent professionals, whose ambitions and dreams go beyond these traditional roles. But their efforts to achieve their goals are often filled with the obstacles that society and the thinking that drives it in front of them. It is necessary to fight against
N. Raghuraman's Column: What do you need to do today to be part of the 2030 workforce?
Your colleague on the assembly line of GE Appliances' 1.1 million square foot cooking-appliance plant in the US could be a form of physical AI. Don't mistake it for a two-legged human-like robot. I'm talking about industrial automation and physical AI, where machines are getting better at feeling, reacting, and completing complex physical tasks. Six-axis robotic arms flip giant stoves, glue glass cooktops to metal frames, and program control boards. Humans and machines are in a race to build a unit every 15 seconds, working together. The entire operation is monitored and data is constantly tra
Virag Gupta's column: AI is not free, expensive deal of data centers is also included in it
In the upcoming mid-term elections in the US, the issue of damage to water, energy and the environment from data centers has started gaining momentum. After heavy opposition, work on projects worth $ 130 billion in about 75 data centers has stopped in just 3 months. Since large data centers are necessary to earn huge profits from the AI revolution, they are now being tried to be installed in India. That is, there is an atmosphere of enthusiasm in India about those that are being banned in America. There is a lot of garbage in cities, but no one wants to build a garbage dump near their home. Am
Dr. Naresh Trehan's column: Heart disease can remain hidden for a long time without warning
A heart attack is considered to be a sudden unexpected event. But there is always a background behind it, which can often remain hidden for a long time without warning. Coronary artery disease is a slow and silent process, which is developing many years or several decades before the symptoms appear. Nowhere in the world is this condition more evident than in India. 20% of the deaths due to cardiovascular diseases worldwide occur in India alone. Coronary artery disease in Indians develops about a decade earlier than people in western countries. If the cases of heart attack are increasing at a y
N. Raghuraman's column: Miracles happen when you impress someone with identity without shaming them
Remember the toilet-cleaner advertisements of 2018, in which Bollywood star Akshay Kumar used to come on our TV screens and tell us how to keep his toilet clean? After going to a fan's house and convincing him to buy the product he is promoting, he promises, 'This is your next house.' Many of us must have quietly wished that Akshay would come to our house on this pretext. But they never came. Well, the joke is in its place, but the work of toilet cleaning advertisements in India has always been strange. They have to sell a functional product, show proof of it and also make sure that the whole
Minhaj Merchant's column: Professionals and technocrats should be given bigger responsibilities
The recent changes in ISRO and DRDO indicate a change in the government's approach. ISRO is sharing its technology and responsibilities with private sector companies – including startups. It will now focus on missions such as landing Indian astronauts on the moon, exploring Mars and setting up India's own space station by 2035. There are more than 440 startups associated with the space sector in India. At the same time, India's premier defense research organization DRDO is also moving forward on the model of ISRO. It will collaborate with private companies like L&T, Tata Advanced Systems, Ma
Independence Day 2026: Crores Spent on Spectacle While a Nation Still Waits for “Achhe Din”
15 August 2026: As the last echoes of the national anthem faded and the sky over the Red Fort lit up with fireworks and laser displays, the Government of India and various state governments had once again spent staggering sums to commemorate the 79th anniversary of India’s Independence. Official estimates put the combined expenditure by the Centre and states on parades, cultural programmes, lighting, security, advertisements, and associated events at well over ₹450 crore. In Delhi alone, the grand show is believed to have cost more than ₹180 crore. Yet behind the choreographed grand
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