Timeless Vows in a Modern Setting: Varsha and Sumant’s Wedding Amidst the Aravalis
The profound challenges of human society often revolve around adapting to changing environments: How do we blend tradition with modernity?[…]
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The unyielding weight scale: A simple rule toppled Vinesh Phogat’s Olympic dream.
What happened to Wrestler Vinesh Phogat is sad, no doubt about that. It is every athlete’s nightmare to find themselves[…]
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The art of Learning: Effort, Practice, and Broad-based Education based on ideas from Flight Schools
The core ideas in this essay came together serendipitously from three related but different sources. This essay explores the indispensable[…]
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Wimbledon 2024: Krejčíková’s Resurgence and Alcaraz’s Ascent
Tennis at the highest level is all about character, attitude, and the frame of mind on the court. That is[…]
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Presidential Debates: A Mirror to America’s Political Soul.
At the outset, it was a relief that the first presidential debate between Biden and Trump, held at CNN Center[…]
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Fifty years of William Peter Blatty’s “The Exorcist”. Remembering the book and the movie.
Last year was the fiftieth anniversary of the classic horror film “The Exorcist,” written by William Peter Blatty and directed[…]
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Ruminations on AI, and Dr. Fei-Fei Li’s intimate and brilliant memoir chronicling the story behind the emergence of Generative AI.
A few months ago, during one of our daily conversations, my mom asked me out of the blue: “What is[…]
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Philosophy, Swami Chinmayananda, and revisiting a post from yesteryears.
Some coincidences are difficult to ignore. Human beings are, by nature, meaning-seeking creatures, and coincidences lend themselves to discovering patterns.[…]
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Elections, democracy, the Modi phenomenon, and his inevitable march to victory in 2024.
(Note: When I finished writing the essay, I realized that this is my 600th published piece. I began writing these[…]
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The Genius of TM Krishna, announcement of the Sangita Kalanidhi award, and the fractious and baseless protests within the musical fraternity.
The Madras Music Academy is to Karnatik music what Carnegie Hall is to Western classical music. The Academy is the[…]
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