Average employees v/s AI powered babudom
June 1, 2026Amazon’s abandoned AI leaderboard is not really a story about artificial intelligence. It is a story about incentives.
AI, Loneliness, and the Danger of Endless Conversation
May 17, 2026I suffered a stroke two years ago. My speech was gone. My ability to express myself was gone. ChatGPT helped me rebuild that. Patient, non-judgmental, always there. I like AI. I am grateful for what it gave back to me. Now I…
Authorised Speech
April 9, 2026Who controls online speech — governments, platforms, regulators, or billionaires? A sharp look at censorship, content moderation, and authorised speech.
AI From the Practitioner’s Seat
April 2, 2026Not another AI think-piece. This is what daily use actually feels like — what it does to judgment, craft, and the way you think. From the practitioner’s seat.
Language Without Consciousness – What AI-to-AI conversation reveals about us
February 2, 2026My dog Cookie and my brother’s dog Luna “talk” to each other all the time. Not in English. Not in words. But in signals, tone, rhythm, posture. To them, it is a complete conversation. To me, it is noise I partly understand…
Who Owns the Truth? The Neo-Colonialism of Big Tech
May 24, 2025“Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.”— A.J. Liebling Today, that freedom belongs not to journalists, but to billionaires. In the past, owning a press meant printing influence. Today, owning a platform means owning perception. Elon Musk…
One Year Later: Finding My Words Again
April 27, 2025One year ago, on Maha Shivaratri — March 8, 2024 — I had a brain stroke.I was in Faridabad.We were supposed to deck the hall for Maha Shivaratri celebrations.I woke up at 4:30 am for my sadhana. Finished by 5:45 am.Then walked…
The ‘Threats’ To The Institution Of Marriage
March 6, 2024This appeared in the FPJ on the 10th of Feb 2024 In recent days we have seen a tremendous drive across institutions to save the ancient institution of marriage. In early February, the Supreme Court rejected the plea of a 44-year-old woman…
Raga Marwa – Go Gently into the night.
March 6, 2024This appeared in Splainer in January Played as the sun sets, Raga Marwa feels like a cool breeze that not just cools your skin, but also calms your soul, washing off the weariness of the day. It is a poignant melody that…
The Republic at 75: Challenges on the road ahead
March 6, 2024This appeared in the FPJ on India’s Republic Day. In the life of an individual, entering one’s 70’s often symbolizes a time for reflection, introspection, and the twilight of one’s journey. In contrast, for a nation, this age can represent the pinnacle…