A circle can so easily become a prison.

GDP is important but the obsession with GDP is doing damage to the planet & making us look away from the huge inequalities in today’s world. It’s time to go “Beyond GDP.” This was a fascinating discussion with the Beyond Lab. Read: thebeyondlab.org/article/event-…

Oh my God! This is phenomenally effective communication! Fantastic narrative device with the right amount of exaggeration that lands the message with a bang, while also sending chills down the spine of the target audience (parents of young children)! Excellent work by the Irish

the identical thing happened to me when I first came to Princeton & taught a course for the English Dept. for both undergraduates & graduate students. my grade of B+ to a graduate student resulted in an investigative committee comprised of faculty which eventually supported the

With AI we can do many things faster. And that's exciting. In that excitement, we might forget the value of doing things slower. So, it makes sense to consciously set aside some time to do things slower. Like write things down with a fountain pen on a notebook.

I found this post super insightful.

"Sundar's game is not about winning the first innings, it's about winning the series" This quote from Rajan Anandan, managing director at venture capital firm Peak XV Partners, probably encapsulates the spirit behind Google’s current artificial intelligence (AI) resurgence.

There's no better time to start.

Hard to believe this was just three years ago.

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It's not that my life was uneventful. It's just that I didn't reflect on the events deep enough to understand their importance. #Reflections

#2025LaadliAwardee, Subha J. Rao, Senior Journalist & Film Critic, speaks to the resilience required in storytelling. Her insight reminds us that true Gender Sensitivity in Media is about dismantling silence. By creating a platform where women’s perspectives are not just heard

Sometimes the most cheerful message is the one that reminds us that life itself is suffering.

Taking random, seemingly unconnected steps might seem like madness. But, sometimes, I wonder if the ability to do that is a superpower.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of legendary batter Robin Smith. Known as 'The Judge', Smith played over 600 times for Hampshire and scored over 30,000 runs for the club in a career that spanned more than 20 years. Our thoughts are with his family and

When Ashokamitran was in Iowa, he translated Gnanakoothan's Ammavin Poigal for a play. He wrote about the experience in his novel Otran, which has the original poem. Kalyan Raman کلیان راماں translated the book (and the poem) to English. I managed to find Ashokamitran's translation too.

Professors are hired and promoted based on research output, not teaching ability; Courses rush through content instead of ensuring understanding; Classroom is passive, not participatory; Learning structure is 19th-century industrial instruction; Students cram → forget →

We’ve got infinite screens, AI copilots, real-time collab, … and the moment things get serious, everyone lunges for a whiteboard, paper or pen! Pixels show us options... but paper/boards show us decisions. That’s why they keep sneaking back into our workflows. The physical

When Ramanujan heard that Hardy's cab had a "dull number: 1729", he said it was actually interesting. "It's the smallest number expressible as the sum of two cubes in two different ways." Are the numbers on your credit card dull or interesting? Tell Derek Guy the lore 😉

V.S.Naipaul writes to Sonny Mehta of Knopf abt a copy editor who took it upon themselves to correct his text.