When my generation first watched  Modern Times , we laughed easily. The scenes were funny, and the central character unforgettable. That character was the Tramp, a small man in an oversized coat, tight trousers, worn shoes, a bowler hat, and a thin walking stick. For many readers today, the Tramp may need a brief introduction. Charlie Chaplin created him to represent an ordinary person, poor, vulnerable, often confused, but never without dignity or hope. Yet beneath the laugh

The real ethical crisis is not AI in art but who owns cultural intelligence. The current debate on artificial intelligence and art is filled with anxiety. Artists worry about machines replacing human creativity. Scholars fear the loss of authenticity. Audiences wonder whether tradition will survive automation. These concerns are understandable, especially in societies where art is closely tied to identity and livelihood. However, these debates often miss the real ethical prob

It started with great excitement, the kind we have seen before whenever something new promises to change our lives. In tea shops, offices and online discussions, people spoke in awe about machines that could diagnose diseases, drive cars, analyse mountains of data, create art, write computer code and even talk back like humans. Companies rushed to show their Artificial Intelligence (AI) plans, investors poured in money, and share prices climbed rapidly, almost as if they coul

India’s SME digital revolution will succeed not through code or speed, but through context, language and patience. When I worked as an L&D head, training call-centre teams for UK and US clients, I often found myself explaining why empathy is not a script. You could teach someone to say, “I understand how frustrating that must be, ma’am,” but that wasn’t the same as feeling what it meant for a couple in Manchester to have their washing machine break down on a winter evening. I

India’s next leap depends on how deftly it fuses energy, technology and innovation into a single national strategy. India’s economic ascent has long been told in terms of demographics, consumption and reform. Yet the real test of its future power will be determined not in its markets but in its laboratories, data centres and energy grids. The country now stands at a decisive juncture: the choices it makes in science, technology, energy and innovation will define whether it me

As synthetic media blurs the boundary between fact and fiction, India’s proposed amendments to the IT Rules seek to anchor truth in law. In 1818, Mary Shelley warned that invention without restraint could spawn monsters. Her Frankenstein was a parable about humankind’s failure to foresee the consequences of its own ingenuity. Two centuries later, that cautionary tale is playing out in digital form. The creature this time is a vast, shape-shifting artificial intelligence (AI)

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Deepfakes expose urgent gaps in India’s legal architecture and demand swift legislative reform. Imagine watching a video where a famous...

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As confidence soars among Indian CEOs, the call is increasingly for a transformation built on talent, technology and trust. Indian...

For WAVES to realise its promise, it must stop chasing the West and start shaping its own narrative. Mumbai recently witnessed the...

India’s technological journey is no longer just about might, but about meaning where science uplifts society, not just secures it. On May...

As the corporate middle thins, the message on the wall is clear - upgrade or exit. Instagram, last month, started looking like a comic...

India must shed its intellectual inferiority complex, trusting its own ingenuity over foreign validation and leading on its own terms. In...

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With unmatched 5G and BharatNet, India didn’t need Starlink—so why now?

Roger Penrose I recently picked up ‘The Impossible Man’ - journalist Patchen Barss’ biography of British mathematical physicist and...

Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing industries, but now it’s stepping into personal branding like never before. AI...