Embracing the Mess
AI can master discrete tasks. But judgment, relationships and responsibility are messy—and that may be exactly where humans matter most
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
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The Business of Wastewater Is Changing
The biggest competitive advantage in India's wastewater industry may no longer be better treatment technology. It may be the ability to finance, own and operate long-term water infrastructure.
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Bharti Krishnan
Founder | Finetrain
What Happened to Just Being Stupid?
The young professionals who don't want AI to think for them
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Ipsita Bandyopadhyay
Head of Research and Strategy | Quipper Research
The Story That Refuses to Die
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is more than another adaptation of Homer's epic. It is an invitation to rediscover why one ancient story continues to illuminate the human condition nearly three thousand years after it was first told.
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Uma Narain
Former Founding Dean | School of Liberal Arts, NMIMS University
The Institution in the Machine—AI’s Escape from its Sandbox
The OpenAI incident is less about rogue machines than about a deeper shift: AI is becoming part of the cognitive architecture of modern institutions
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Satish Pradhan
Independent Consultant
Why Garfield Sobers Still Defines Cricketing Greatness
The six sixes made Sir Garfield Sobers famous. They barely explain why those who watched, played with and knew him still speak of him with such awe.
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Anindya Dutta
Founder | Two Roads and author
What My Body Was Trying to Tell Me
A conversation with a sports medicine doctor—and an unexpected health scare—changed the way I think about exercise, ageing and what it means to stay strong
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Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
How the Iran War Is Reshaping the Global Economy
The conflict is no longer just a military confrontation. It is rapidly becoming a struggle over the global energy system, maritime trade and geoeconomic power—with the Gulf caught in the middle
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Vivek Y. Kelkar
Researcher, Analyst & Columnist on Geo-economics, Geopolitics and Sustainability
When More Intelligence Makes Strategy Harder
AI has made intelligence abundant. Why, then, is strategy becoming harder?
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Debleena Majumdar & Arjo Basu
Why AI Needs a New Safety Architecture
Artificial intelligence is advancing faster than governments can govern it. A new report argues that extreme AI risks demand a fundamentally different approach to global governance.
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Vivek Y. Kelkar
Researcher, Analyst & Columnist on Geo-economics, Geopolitics and Sustainability
The Courage to Be Tested Again
What an examination taught me that four decades of experience could not
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Indranil Gupta
Founder Director | BrandNEW Associates
Burgenstock and the New Reality of Power in the Middle East
The US-Iran talks in Switzerland may have reduced the immediate risk of war. But they did little to alter the Middle East's underlying balance of power. Iran remains central to the region's strategic calculations, Israel's concerns remain unresolved, and American leverage appears more limited than many assumed.
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Vivek Y. Kelkar
Researcher, Analyst & Columnist on Geo-economics, Geopolitics and Sustainability
The Question AI Cannot Ask
The real advantage in an AI-driven world may not be answering questions better, but knowing which questions matter
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Anindya Dutta
Founder | Two Roads and author
Noticing: The Forgotten Skill of a Modern Life
The future changes when someone pauses long enough to ask a simple question: Why?
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Kavi Arasu
Works at the intersection of people, systems, and organisational change
Democratising Capacity Creation
Why India’s next manufacturing push may require trusting entrepreneurs more than planners
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Ajay Chacko
Director | Keya Foods International
The 33kV Wall
The energy transition is creating a brief opening in one of the hardest industrial sectors to crack. Can a new generation of Indian companies build lasting capabilities before the window closes?
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Bharti Krishnan
Founder | Finetrain
My 10 Best Business Books of Summer 2026
The best books of the year so far—on disagreeing constructively, culture, strategic subtraction, genius, China's advantage, an India you think you know, creativity, establishment paralysis, imposter syndrome, and reimagining your career
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
Why India’s Universities Struggle to Build Great Business Schools
A look at why standalone institutions continue to dominate postgraduate management in India, and what schools of management inside multidisciplinary universities must do if they hope to compete
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S. Ramakrishna (Rama) Velamuri
Strategic Growth & Innovation Expert | Visiting Professor