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Mohammed Hanif's new novel 'Rebel English Academy' is a rather sorry case of art perverting life

New Delhi, March 21 -- The Rebel English Academy, which is the backdrop for Pakistani author Mohammed Hanif's new novel of the same name, is instantly recognisable to anyone in the subcontinent. It is... Read More


Mohammed Hanif's new novel 'The Rebel English Academy' is a rather sorry case of art perverting life

New Delhi, March 21 -- The Rebel English Academy, which is the backdrop for Pakistani author Mohammed Hanif's new novel of the same name, is instantly recognisable to anyone in the subcontinent. It is... Read More


The Third Gulf War is raising plumes of smoke but could this appalling war have a silver lining?

New Delhi, March 11 -- If proof were needed that even after decades of globalization, the world isn't flat, Iran's chokehold over the Strait of Hormuz is providing plenty. The opposing view might be s... Read More


Tech bros seem bent on controlling minds and politics. Can anyone rein them in?

New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- In Dave Eggers' 2021 novel The Every, a giant search engine company acquires an e-commerce behemoth. Delaney Wells, the lead character, plans a vigilante action against the compa... Read More


Go ahead, put data centres in space-but AI had better improve lives back here on Earth

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- Every week, artificial intelligence (AI) claims become more stratospheric. Earlier this month, Elon Musk told a podcast of his plans to put satellites housing giant data centres ... Read More


Meiji Restoration 2.0? Japan looks set to reinvent itself under the bold leadership of Sanae Takaichi

New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- A photo last month of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi wearing a bright electric blue outfit and playing the drums alongside Korean President Lee Jae Myung is only one of m... Read More


Rahul Jacob: Great power rivalry between the US and China is putting the developing world at risk

New Delhi, Jan. 27 -- More than three decades ago, the legendary Warren Buffett returned a call to a fact-checker, explaining what he meant when he used the term "elephant-bumping affairs." Buffett wa... Read More


Why Ryanair's hard-nosed efficiency is a lesson for no-frill Indian air carriers like IndiGo

New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- Few industries anywhere in the world suffered the reputational damage that India's airlines did in 2025. As the industry looks to reset, there is no better role model than Ryanai... Read More


Tim Berners-Lee, the idealistic architect of the world wide web, faces its dark side in his new memoir

New Delhi, Jan. 3 -- Heading to a mentor's funeral in Greece in August 2001, Tim Berners-Lee found himself and a colleague flying right over the Parthenon, "the two of us peering out of the window to ... Read More


Working life in Mumbai as seen by modern-day miniaturist Zainab Tambawalla

New Delhi, Jan. 1 -- When Zainab Tambawalla heard that a hospital building with an ornate, antique gate she had admired on a heritage walk in Mumbai might be demolished, she wrote an email to the owne... Read More