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Manu Joseph: Why India's potholes seem poised to become a political issue at last

New Delhi, March 22 -- In my first job, one of my several bosses was managing a crisis at an event the magazine was hosting-police permission was not in place, the electricity had died and the whole t... और पढ़ें


Manu Joseph: Why the deaths of more than 100 schoolgirls should be reason enough to end the Iran war

New Delhi, March 15 -- A Tomahawk missile is more than four times the height of an Iranian child. It can carry a 400kg warhead and fly at the speed of a commercial aircraft over 2,000km. It can even f... और पढ़ें


Manu Joseph: Artificial intelligence isn't funny and seems unable to grasp why that's so

New Delhi, March 8 -- Like most people, artificial intelligence (AI) is not funny. I check every week. For some time now, I have been asking ChatGPT, and later Claude too, to tell me something funny. ... और पढ़ें


Manu Joseph: AI won't render us obsolete-Other humans are far more interesting to us than machines

New Delhi, March 1 -- The fear of artificial intelligence (AI) is so rampant now that it appears to be a matter of decorum to admit to this fear. People keep telling me AI is coming and that I should ... और पढ़ें


Manu Joseph: What addiction? Your child's problem isn't social media and never was

New Delhi, Feb. 22 -- A few months ago when the editor of Rahul Pandita's debut novel asked me for a blurb, I wrote that his book was "addictive". I thought I had found a way to say something meaningf... और पढ़ें


Manu Joseph: Blinkit and Zepto make speedy deliveries. So why are corner stores still around?

New Delhi, Feb. 15 -- The guy who runs the kirana store in my colony has a wounded look about him because I don't go there anymore. Things were not good between us even without that. He thinks I ask h... और पढ़ें


Manu Joseph: Taking risks while making small talk can turn conversations interesting

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Like birds are meant to fly, we are meant to speak. Yet, we barely speak what is inside us. Most of the time, especially with strangers, we speak nonsense. In my ideal world, peo... और पढ़ें


Manu Joseph: Why one may choose not to vote-and why this choice needn't be a moral failure

New Delhi, Jan. 25 -- One way or another, the central message of all annoying people is 'why can't you be like me?' I cannot think of a more foolish use of human speech. Often this message is conveyed... और पढ़ें


Manu Joseph: AI killed the remarkable video clip and took apart an old pact humans have long had with nature

New Delhi, Jan. 11 -- It would appear that we are still in the era of extraordinary mobile-phone videos. The latest among them is footage taken by a bystander in Minneapolis as hooded officers of Amer... और पढ़ें


Manu Joseph: Why we should be thankful for human nature, billionaire dreams and even Donald Trump's policies

New Delhi, Jan. 4 -- As this is my first column of the new year, I thought I would do something challenging-write what is good about the modern world. Here are a few things: Billionaires versus death... और पढ़ें