Rich. Riveting. Rare. A fascinating lens on 6 pivotal leaders who shaped the country. Watch veteran journalist, NEERJA CHOWDHURY dive into her powerful new book – How Prime Ministers Decide.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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