3 August 2023
It’s rare to think of a music instrument as a clown. An instrument of subversion. Or an act of feminism. For SUMANA CHANDRASEKHAR — ghatam virtuoso, iconoclast, and one of only 10 women players in the world — the ghatam is all three.
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20 June 2023
For the first time in the history of technological evolution, scientists are asking for their creation to be regulated. What is at stake? 300 million jobs? The key to human consciousness? What is Frankenstein’s fear?
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20 June 2023
This is science that can accelerate computation by 158 million times. It infiltrates systems, maps the human brain, sustains binaries in simultaneity. This is science that will compel a change in paradigm, And collapse all perceptions of reality.
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10 April 2023
Is Generative AI the Promethean fire of technology? The explosive force sweeping the world. More dangerous than nuclear weapons? How should we rethink human creativity & consciousness? Is mass human displacement around the corner?
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9 April 2023
Lover. Lawyer. Poltergeist. Terrorist. Closeted homosexual. Hinterland baddie. Earnest officer. Scheming sidekick. Mad manic. There’s no role actor RAJKUMMAR RAO hasn’t played.
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8 April 2023
Punchy. Thought provoking. Humorous. PTR THIAGARAJAN — Tamil Nadu Finance Minister — brings a southern perspective to national politics & economy. And decodes what’s right & wrong with it.
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22 February 2023
How do you deal with a dragon holding fire? A tech giant. An economic powerhouse. An autocracy. A country with the largest army. China’s says it has an “alternate vision for humanity”. (But spends $200 billion a year on suppressing internal dissent & ‘public safety’.)
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21 February 2023
Regressive. Progressive. Diva of stereotypes. Purveyor of porn. Radical. Superstitious. A tyrant. She’s been called all of those opposites. And embraces it.
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1 February 2023
History is not just about the hunt. Or about victors & vanquished. It’s about fascinating three dimensional characters. And the complex impacts they left in their time. And ours.
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17 January 2023
Star Wars. Wild elephants. Comic books. Jungles. And, Thanos. That’s a whacky combination of influences for stardom & success. But the actor, producer, tech investor says that’s what helped pull him back from the abyss, and become who he is.
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