New Delhi, April 11 -- Best of the Week is a weekly newsletter by Siddharth Sharma/Shravani Sinha. Subscribe to Mint's newsletters to get them directly in your inbox.

Some weeks feel heavier than others, and right now, the world feels like it's holding its breath. From a US-Iran ceasefire that arrived just hours before a potential escalation, to oil prices swinging wildly, the global mood is anything but stable.

You can almost feel the uncertainty seep into everything. Central banks are pausing, waiting for clarity that isn't coming. Currencies are wobbling. And then there are the quieter, more personal shocks, like mass layoffs at tech giants, where thousands wake up to emails that change their lives overnight.

And just when you think...