Prithvi Asthana

As we curate our content, the deeper question is whether content is quietly curating us. Few can manage a 90-hour workweek, but most would easily go beyond a 90-hour social media week. With our growing appetite for social media and instant commerce, the real question is no longer just how we consume, but how much. In an age where every swipe, click and scroll is engineered to hold attention, overconsumption is becoming less a habit and more a way of life. What once felt private is now...

Mumbai: The war in West Asia has affected the commercial restaurants all over India. It has led to the shortage of the LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas) supply to local restaurants in Mumbai. One such restaurant experiencing this disruption of supply is the Stadium Restaurant located at Churchgate. Owned by an Iranian, the restaurant started in 1946 a year before independence. After 80 years, the restaurant is very well-known in South Mumbai and is mostly packed throughout the day. India is...

AI generated image In this reading of the Narasimha story, Prahlad becomes a metaphor for Bharat—resilient, restrained and rising amid external pressure and internal challenge.   The story of Mahavatar Narsimha is widely known. Yet read differently, it resonates with the geopolitical and political currents unfolding in India and across the world. At its heart is the story of Vishnu’s Narsimha avatar and his devotee, Prahlad. Prahlad and Bharat As Rajnath Singh said,  “Bharat ko rokne ke liye...