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There have been very few happy-go-lucky characters in Indian cricket like Shikhar Dhawan . His uncomplicated outlook has stood him in good stead, on and off the field. He has also been extremely candid about his life in his recent autobiography The One. TOI’s Arani Basu spoke to Dhawan on his learnings from cricket, the baggage of a youngster,…
Every winter, Delhi’s air pollution debate follows a familiar script. We look for villains, argue over blame, ignore science and solutions. This year has been no different – except that it has bordered on the absurd. Pollution season opened with the Supreme Court allowing “green crackers”, followed by Delhi govt’s failed cloud-seeding experiment. Soon after…
By Anil K Rajvanshi A new theory in Physics, as enunciated by Gunther Kletetschka, tries to unite quantum physics and gravity and has been creating waves in the scientific world. If proved correct, it will change the world as we understand it. In fact, this may be the elusive theory of everything that hopes to…
The Election Commission (EC) makes a list of people who are allowed to vote. This list is called the voter roll. Recently, in West Bengal (and some other states), the EC made a new draft voter roll after a big checking exercise. In this new list, about 8 out of every 100 names from the…
Ancient Mithila is located in the districts of Darbhanga, Saharsa, Madhubani, and a few others in modern-day Bihar. Indian festivals typically have their origins in mythical, religious, or Puranic stories. The narrative of Sama Chakeva is mentioned in the Skand Puran and Padma Puran. Several accounts of the celebration’s origin can be found in popular…
The Gandhi King Plaza at IIC Delhi morphs into a sculpture park with the works of three eminent sculptors Krishen Khanna, Himmat Shah and Thota Vaikuntam.The exhibition raises a toast to 100 year old Krishen Khanna and becomes the last event for this momentous year. Included are 3 rare works by the bronze and stone master…
Money pipelines (insurers, banks and asset managers) play a critical role in channelizing money. If we must decarbonise our planet, mitigate pollution and bio-diversity loss, these pipelines ought to be urgently re-laid. Let’s look at three recent stories: Bank of England (BoE) raises the bar for Climate Risk Management expectations from banks and insurers. Three…
Amid the chatter about artificial intelligence mania, people have begun to joke about “a bubble in bubble talk”. Google searches for AI and the b-word have surged and the mood in the markets feels exuberant, but beyond these soft indicators there is no standard measure of a bubble. My test focuses on four Os –…
By Jaya Row Generations of Indians mastered the inner world. Success and happiness came as byproducts. When we lost this inner enrichment, external bankruptcy followed. Today, we are like Gulliver – asleep to our real worth. Wake up to the powerhouse of knowledge you are heir to. Gita, written 5000 years ago, addresses Arjuns of…
Cash was a good accountant, QR code is a terrible one Until recently, I was that person – the one still dispensing crumpled notes at cafes while everyone else bent the knee before the holy QR code. Friends interrogated my anachronism. Was I paranoid about digital trails? Cosplaying a minor movie villain from the 1990s? The…
