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Accepting the idea that a person has the power to change society is very Indian. But it’s as valid as Western ideas that privileges institutions or a document or a God/state over any leader His fans and followers adore him, and will not tolerate any criticism of him. His opponents only want to criticise him.
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Proxy data proves an open secret: urban population is severely undercounted. This leads to policy distortions, and needs correction India’s future is decidedly urban. Legacy overhang however is, perhaps subconsciously, contrarian and pulls us in the direction of demonstrably untrue statements such as, ‘India is a rural agrarian country and India lives in villages.’ This
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-V S Krishnan In the midst of peace and tranquility that prevailed in Ayodhya, Prince Ram once found traces of sorrow among people. He pondered questions such as: What is the meaning of life which consists of sorrows? How to end the repetitive nature of this life? Is liberation possible, how? As if to answer
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As Ukraine war enters its third year, there are no signs of a ceasefire. Noted Ukrainian pianist and ethnomusicologist Taras Filenko tells Rudroneel Ghosh how Russia has long waged a cultural war to deny Ukraine its history, language and heritage: ● What do you think about the current situation of the war?It’s terrible it has
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Fali Nariman came of age as an adult in 1947, the year India became independent. Those were heady days – India was ready to take its place on the world stage with promises of liberty, equality and fraternity. It was brimming with idealism on the journey that it was about to undertake. Yet it remained
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The King of Countdowns is no more. Though it is a while since we last heard the familiar voice of Ameen Sayani boom amiably at us, it plays in our ears forever. A casual conversational pioneer, Sayani took communication to small talk and good cheer, melodious and seamless. The road to good music was neither
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Shock cannot be a permanent state. The world experienced a collective spasm after ChatGPT was launched in Nov 2022. And then it calmed down. Chatbot use is growing but fits of fear/ecstasy have ebbed. Now OpenAI has introduced Sora, a jumbo leap in text-to-video AI. Once again there is copious addaabout what jobs are threatened,
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Come February, love or something like it is in the air. And chocolates fly off shop shelves. This year, however, chocolates may have left many romantics with a lighter wallet as cocoa prices hit record highs. But it didn’t deter anyone. This resilient demand signals many business opportunities, including for India’s nascent artisanal chocolate industry.
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Planting some trees doesn’t begin to compensate for ecological costs of destroying forests Over the last few months, the legal regime that covers India’s forests has been comprehensively overhauled with the amendment to the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, and issuance of new rules and regulations. The cornerstone of this new forest law is compensatory afforestation
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Middle-class households are already driving premiumisation. By 2031, there will be 75 million more of them. Including in developed rural areas. But here’s why marketers can’t take them for granted We are almost a quarter of the way into the 21st century. What’s driving India’s economy at this checkpoint? A multitude of demographic and economic
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