Trump has announced the use of two tools to kill two different birds. Not the usual one-shot killing of two birds. He wants to use Russia tariffs to force an end to the Ukraine war. This piece, however, deals with his replacement of AI with SI. He now calls SI “Super Intelligence”. He feels SI…
For a seventy-year-old, going to Goa with his wife is, according to a circle of naughty friends, almost a sort of blasphemy. But circumstances, and the compulsions of middle-class life, where we give priority to everything except pleasure, holidays and, more particularly, a holiday of the Goa variety, make such a trip almost unthinkable. I…
Gone are the days of “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”. We are now confronting a new blurb: “an Apple a day keeps the client in sway.” The way new models are being pushed into the market, it may soon be an Apple a day, every day! Today’s news of Apple launching its…
The hike in retirement age has always been a thorny issue, particularly in a country where millions of young people are desperately looking for jobs. The latest direction of the Supreme Court to facilitate an increase in the retirement age of judicial officers in seven States from 60 to 62 years has, therefore, understandably stirred…
“Wise people live in rented houses; fools live in their own houses” is an old adage that has long been viewed differently in our society. For the middle class and the privileged, owning a roof over one’s head is often a matter of aspiration, inheritance and financial planning. Many manage to inherit or make do…
In response to the appeal made by the Editor of this daring portal, Orangenews9, this writer—who missed becoming a freedom fighter by at least 20 years—has come forward to pen a few thoughts on the occasion of our 80th Independence Day, when people eagerly look forward to the Prime Minister’s address from the ramparts of…
Gen Z really seems to be sandwiched between Millennials and Gen Alpha. How can a Baby Boomer like this writer write about these two generations by bypassing Gen X and Gen Y, also known as Millennials? But when there is a problem with a fruit, the researcher goes to its roots—and perhaps further down to…
Modi’s latest two-and-a-half-minute video appeal to Gen Z stands out as timely and apt. This writer, a strong believer of calling a spade a spade, has been a critic of Modi and his party but also praised him where it was due on various occasions. One such chance Modi has given in his mid-70s is…
The dictionary meaning of defection is clear. But who wants clear things? Everyone loves clouds. In politics, there are clouds of confusion and suspicion. If you dissect ‘defection’, 6 letters of this word support ‘defect’. The biggest defect of this world is that all in politics need not be fair. Because it’s all about war…
Historically, India lived with the behemoth that was the Congress party. While several other political parties coexisted with strong ideological identities of their own, they largely remained also-rans, unable to surpass the Congress. However, the 1950s and 1960s witnessed the emergence of a genuine multi-party system, with new political formations and organised opposition groups entering…
