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The Story That Refuses to Die

The Story That Refuses to Die

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is more than another adaptation of Homer's epic. It is an invitation to rediscover why one ancient story continues to illuminate the human condition nearly three thousand years after it was first told.

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Uma Narain

Uma Narain

Former Founding Dean | School of Liberal Arts, NMIMS University

What My Body Was Trying to Tell Me

What My Body Was Trying to Tell Me

A conversation with a sports medicine doctor—and an unexpected health scare—changed the way I think about exercise, ageing and what it means to stay strong

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

How the Iran War Is Reshaping the Global Economy

How the Iran War Is Reshaping the Global Economy

The conflict is no longer just a military confrontation. It is rapidly becoming a struggle over the global energy system, maritime trade and geoeconomic power—with the Gulf caught in the middle

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Vivek Y. Kelkar

Vivek Y. Kelkar

Researcher, Analyst & Columnist on Geo-economics, Geopolitics and Sustainability

Why AI Needs a New Safety Architecture

Why AI Needs a New Safety Architecture

Artificial intelligence is advancing faster than governments can govern it. A new report argues that extreme AI risks demand a fundamentally different approach to global governance.

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Vivek Y. Kelkar

Vivek Y. Kelkar

Researcher, Analyst & Columnist on Geo-economics, Geopolitics and Sustainability

The Courage to Be Tested Again

The Courage to Be Tested Again

What an examination taught me that four decades of experience could not

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Indranil Gupta

Indranil Gupta

Founder Director | BrandNEW Associates

Burgenstock and the New Reality of Power in the Middle East

Burgenstock and the New Reality of Power in the Middle East

The US-Iran talks in Switzerland may have reduced the immediate risk of war. But they did little to alter the Middle East's underlying balance of power. Iran remains central to the region's strategic calculations, Israel's concerns remain unresolved, and American leverage appears more limited than many assumed.

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Vivek Y. Kelkar

Vivek Y. Kelkar

Researcher, Analyst & Columnist on Geo-economics, Geopolitics and Sustainability

The Question AI Cannot Ask

The Question AI Cannot Ask

The real advantage in an AI-driven world may not be answering questions better, but knowing which questions matter

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Anindya Dutta

Anindya Dutta

Founder | Two Roads and author

Democratising Capacity Creation

Democratising Capacity Creation

Why India’s next manufacturing push may require trusting entrepreneurs more than planners

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Ajay Chacko

Ajay Chacko

Director | Keya Foods International

The 33kV Wall

The 33kV Wall

The energy transition is creating a brief opening in one of the hardest industrial sectors to crack. Can a new generation of Indian companies build lasting capabilities before the window closes?

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Bharti Krishnan

Bharti Krishnan

Founder | Finetrain

My 10 Best Business Books of Summer 2026

My 10 Best Business Books of Summer 2026

The best books of the year so far—on disagreeing constructively, culture, strategic subtraction, genius, China's advantage, an India you think you know, creativity, establishment paralysis, imposter syndrome, and reimagining your career

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D Shivakumar

D Shivakumar

Operating Partner | Advent International

Why India’s Universities Struggle to Build Great Business Schools

Why India’s Universities Struggle to Build Great Business Schools

A look at why standalone institutions continue to dominate postgraduate management in India, and what schools of management inside multidisciplinary universities must do if they hope to compete

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S. Ramakrishna (Rama) Velamuri

S. Ramakrishna (Rama) Velamuri

Strategic Growth & Innovation Expert | Visiting Professor

The Age of Connected Crises

The Age of Connected Crises

From rail corridors and energy markets to missile inventories and military alliances, the world's major crises are becoming increasingly interconnected

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Vivek Y. Kelkar

Vivek Y. Kelkar

Researcher, Analyst & Columnist on Geo-economics, Geopolitics and Sustainability

Why More Information Won't Make Better Decisions

Why More Information Won't Make Better Decisions

Large language models can answer almost anything. The real challenge is figuring out what to ignore. An excerpt from Biju Dominic’s new book ‘MicroStimuli’

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Biju Dominic

Biju Dominic

CEO and Co-Founder | Final Mile Consulting

The Machine That Must Not Kill

The Machine That Must Not Kill

A Vatican encyclical on artificial intelligence offers India an unexpected framework to think about sovereignty, autonomous warfare, algorithmic governance and the human costs of unchecked AI systems

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Anindya Dutta

Anindya Dutta

Founder | Two Roads and author