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Caring or eavesdropping
May 6, 2026, 1:05 AM IST
Only the other day I was reading a news item about Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) feature in smart TVs. It reminded me of a recurring irritant feature of my Android smartphone. As has been my…
May 6, 2026, 1:05 AM IST
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To cook or not to cook
April 4, 2026, 2:25 PM IST
A couple of years ago I came across a recipe book titled `To Cook, or Not to Cook, That Is the Decision’. But what to do if the decision endorses cooking but the most critical…
April 4, 2026, 2:25 PM IST
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A labyrinth of agreements and partnerships
March 11, 2026, 4:19 PM IST
The trade agreements had never been such a hot topic as they became since a tariff war was unleashed on unsuspecting nations. Till then, trade agreements and economic partnerships were either for the concerned government…
March 11, 2026, 4:19 PM IST
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Bundled commerce
February 10, 2026, 11:12 PM IST
This is a story of my second innings. No, it was neither pre-planned or inspired by second career – post-retirement – celebrated so fairytale like nowadays. What if I tell you that it was quick…
February 10, 2026, 11:12 PM IST
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Genetically dependent longevity
February 3, 2026, 7:31 PM IST
Having finished breakfast – guilt-laden because it consisted of poha and tea instead of oft-prescribed avocado on a whole-grained toast (or muesli) and Greek yogurt – I chanced upon this latest research. It was…
February 3, 2026, 7:31 PM IST
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Sovereign magic and AQI improvement!
December 22, 2025, 1:11 PM IST
Even Beijing was flabbergasted! With enormous technological and financial resources under its authoritarian command, it took years for it to clean up air quality in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. But here it was: clear blue sky and…
December 22, 2025, 1:11 PM IST
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Flight sans license
December 2, 2025, 10:15 PM IST
As soon as DGCA came to know – from the newspapers – that country’s de facto national carrier had been cruising without license at its will, it decided to face it head on. As per…
December 2, 2025, 10:15 PM IST
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Setting standards of passengers’ comfort
November 5, 2025, 6:55 PM IST
Scene inside the meeting room of country’s No.2 airline was nothing short of chaotic. Tempers were running high and discussions between airline’s marketing team and its ad agency had turned anything but amiable. The sudden…
November 5, 2025, 6:55 PM IST
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Performance and showering
October 28, 2025, 7:50 PM IST
One thing that continued to trouble me post-retirement was the fact that why couldn’t I reach pinnacle of my profession. Sure, I did attain a respectable position following the dictum that “everyone reaches their level…
October 28, 2025, 7:50 PM IST
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Vampire nations: A bloody tale
October 1, 2025, 10:43 PM IST
The air was buzzing with excitement. And why not? It was projected as bigger than the Twilight Saga franchise or Nosferatu. After several years, Vanar Bros were mounting a vampire movie, conceptualised and written by…
October 1, 2025, 10:43 PM IST
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Smart devices, my self-proclaimed well wishers
September 16, 2025, 8:52 PM IST
I am in a constant tussle with a well-wisher nowadays. A sexagenarian, I grew up on a regular diet of music – played loudly, of course – on Radio Ceylon and Vividh Bharati. Sort of…
September 16, 2025, 8:52 PM IST
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The forbidden fruit and the viksit country
August 11, 2025, 9:54 PM IST
It was a moment of reckoning, and pretty scary one on top of that! Everyone was looking at me as if I was the roadblock on the road for the country to become viksit, a…
August 11, 2025, 9:54 PM IST
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Birds and me
August 4, 2025, 10:44 PM IST
I didn’t know that a casual action of putting up an earthen water bath for birds would bring about such a pleasant transformation in my surrounding universe. But it surely did, spectacularly. In the peak…
August 4, 2025, 10:44 PM IST
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Futuristic departments
July 24, 2025, 11:24 PM IST
The atmosphere is quite festive in the capital of this State, having a city of the millennium, no less. And why not? How many governments across the globe can boast of a department dedicated to…
July 24, 2025, 11:24 PM IST
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Tricks of the trade
July 1, 2025, 7:39 AM IST
Let me clarify at the outset. This piece is not about trade and tariffs being played out by the only superpower in the world, simply because that is out of comprehension of lesser mortals like…
July 1, 2025, 7:39 AM IST
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Optically brightening ourselves
June 27, 2025, 12:31 AM IST
A recent advertisement of a toothpaste reminded me of adage `the more things change, the more they stay the same’. The ad was of an advance whitening toothpaste that coats teeth in shade purple while…
June 27, 2025, 12:31 AM IST
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Beauty in our backyards
May 21, 2025, 6:46 PM IST
While scorching heatwaves are par the course during this time of the year, April to June is also a period when several places in India, including Delhi NCR, get awash with colours deep chrome yellow…
May 21, 2025, 6:46 PM IST
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Senior citizen: Scourge of airlines?
May 11, 2025, 10:29 PM IST
Very recently when I boarded a non-stop flight to the land of liberty, I was surprised by extra suffusive welcome being accorded by the flight attendants to a senior citizen like me, which even by…
May 11, 2025, 10:29 PM IST
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Experiential, immersive, and unstoppable
May 1, 2025, 1:04 AM IST
From curated to experiential to immersive, the world seems to be full of superlatives nowadays. Gone are the days when the annual holidays meant travelling to ones’ maternal/paternal places and spend summer vacations with near…
May 1, 2025, 1:04 AM IST
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Know your customer
April 24, 2025, 10:15 PM IST
Gone are the days when you visited your bank’s branch a few times and you were known to the guard at the entry, its teller, and maybe the branch manager too. Same applied to other…
April 24, 2025, 10:15 PM IST
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