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The pros and cons of destructive book scanning by AI firms

India, Sept. 5 -- The Artificial Intelligence (AI) race has a new victim - second-hand books. Over the past summer, reports have emerged of AI developers around the world purchasing vast quantities of... Read More


The promise and peril of the global city in our times

India, Aug. 22 -- In 1972, S Rajaratnam, Singapore's first minister of foreign affairs, delivered a prescient speech entitled "Singapore: Global City". Drawing on Arnold Toynbee's Cities on the Move (... Read More


Jack Dorsey is wrong on Bitchat and India's takedown order: Here's why

India, Aug. 8 -- In his famous essay, On Bullshit, philosopher Harry Frankfurt wrote that the "essence of bullshit" is a "phony" statement that is "disconnected from a concern with the truth". It come... Read More


Cut the bull about Bitchat and State powers, Mr Dorsey

India, Aug. 8 -- In his famous essay, On Bullshit, philosopher Harry Frankfurt wrote that the "essence of bullshit" is a "phony" statement that is "disconnected from a concern with the truth". It come... Read More


The severed limb that helped shape Bombay University

India, July 25 -- On October 15, 1857, a havildar and a sepoy were marched onto the Esplanade in Bombay. Each was tied to the mouth of a cannon. The verdict - that they were guilty of plotting a "risi... Read More


How the US soared to the heights of dangerous greatness

India, July 11 -- As the US celebrates its 250th anniversary, we have been inundated with reflections on its past achievements and present frailties. The common theme has been to consider how far the ... Read More


The Rao of Kutch who outwitted a Viceroy of India

India, June 26 -- "We have all different ways of beginning the day. The Englishman starts his day on bacon and eggs, the German on sausages, the American on cornflakes. His Highness prefers a virgin."... Read More


Why India must view its neighbours through its own strategic lens

India, June 12 -- July will mark one year since India resumed issuing visas to Chinese nationals. This anniversary, part of a wider, hesitant rapprochement, will pass unnoticed by most Indians. It may... Read More