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In the last few years, there has been much emphasis on watching the breath. All meditation practices, all new-age gurus talk of breath regulation. The science of mindful breathing goes back centuries. Shāh Naqshband (1318-1389), a Central Asian Sufi master and the founder of the Naqshbandi Sufi order, one of the largest and most influential Sufi…
While Vedan’s raw, politically charged rap resonates with a disaffected generation, his rise has been shadowed by allegations, contradictions, and persistent doubts about whether his rebellion is more aesthetic than ideological. As his popularity soars, deeper questions surface: Is he an authentic voice of resistance channelling marginalised realities, or a commercially packaged rebel crafted for…
A few weeks after the terror attack in Pahalgam, a parking lot in the Kashmir town hosted an unusual sight. A caravan from Kerala had pulled in and as the evening chill set in, a group of women prepared dinner inside, surrounded by snow-dusted mountains and settled for the night–another ordinary stop on their extraordinary…
We are not free merely because there happens to be no restraint on our actions. True freedom means we aren’t subject to the arbitrary will of one person or institution Jokes, poems and social media posts that trigger outrage among certain sections of society dominate the news and have fuelled debate about the freedom of…
4 books, 4 vivid renderings of the country Shah of Shahs (1982) by Ryszard Kapuscinski is a reporter’s account of the days leading up to the 1979 Islamic Revolution. It paints a vivid picture of Iran’s evolution from the rise of the Pahlavis – how a young Reza Khan, an officer in the Persian Cossack…
Forget yoga on the Ganga, yaar. India isn’t just trending, we’re low-key taking over the global fashion scene. One Kolhapuri at a time. Let’s get this straight. Indians have never been behind in fashion. We created drapes before the West learned about belts. And now, fashion finally catches up, by taking our style and selling…
Welcome back to another edition of My Take 5, your roundup of top international news. It has been a week of heavy geopolitical developments centred on the 12-day Iran-Israel war. So let’s get to it: Iran-Israel war: After an intense 12-day conflict between Iran and Isreal that saw the US bomb Tehran’s nuclear sites, a…
Though naysayers will continue denying that India is on a growth trajectory, it is difficult to ignore it when you look around, especially in urban areas. Newer and bigger infrastructure projects are getting conceived and taken up everyday. Construction is booming. World class buildings are getting constructed. And yet, something really strange is happening in…
We are talking of the M&A activity which involves the coming together of 2 distinct and separate entities and quite likely the combined entity may have a new name. The M&A activity is not to be confused with an entity separating one of it’s businesses into a distinct corporate. In the case of M&A, two…
Imagine you are part of a team attending a demo of a Vibe coding tool. There is a difference between selling a Vibe coding tool and selling the Vibe coding practice. Sell the practice, and the tool will be sold along with it. We are amazed at how unassisted coding is leapfrogging towards assisted Vibe…
