For decades, West Bengal’s political landscape seemed set in stone. First, it was the impregnable fortress of the Left. Then, it became the undisputed territory of Mamata Banerjee and the Trinamool Congress (TMC). But the latest election results have sent…
In early February 2026, the global trade landscape underwent a significant shift as India and the United States announced an interim trade framework. Described officially as a “give-and-take” arrangement, the deal follows nearly a year of economic friction and tariff…
I read the news about Rahul Gandhi brandishing excerpts from an alleged unpublished memoir of former Army Chief General MM Naravane, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not fulfilling his responsibility during the 2020 Ladakh standoff. And honestly, my reaction…
I believe that LinkedIn is broken. The same can be said about almost all platforms; we aren’t fully there yet, but soon we will fulfill that prophecy of total digital saturation. Almost every goddamned post starts with a fake ass…
Large Language Models have come a long way. Do they presage the imminence of AGI? Artificial Intelligence is being talked about so much that I am swamped with this information on Twitter. Whenever I check on my timeline I encounter…
It is a shame that Tom Cruise’s outstanding performance in “Top Gun Maverick” has been overlooked by the Hollywood Foreign Press in their nomination for the Golden Globe awards. Despite receiving critical acclaim for his role, Cruise was not nominated…
The development of machine consciousness is a goal that is seen as the ultimate challenge in the field of artificial intelligence, according to Hod Lipson, the mechanical engineer in charge of the Creative Machines Lab at Columbia University. Consciousness is…
This is a very interesting article that I just read. I nearly did a double take. The news is that Chinese Scientists may have inched closer to achieving telekinesis–ability to move materials and objects with a mere thought. A published…
So Sony acquired Crunchyroll few days ago and those who are connoisseurs of anime and lovers of console gaming cannot stop talking about it. The deal concluded between AT&T and Sony after the US Justice department ratified the acquisition for…
Rich men use most of their money to get richer. Poor men use most of their money to look richer. –Mokokoma Mokhonoana The above quote tells quite a profound truth. I wish I had stumbled upon it on my own–what…