IN 2017, RICHARD HAAS WROTE A WORLD IN DISARRAY: AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY AND THE CRISIS OF THE OLD ORDER. IN IT, HE SAID THE 21ST CENTURY WAS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT FROM THE PREVIOUS ONES WHICH CONSTITUTED THE MODERN PERIOD. HE REFERRED TO MARK TWAIN’S SAYING, THAT HISTORY MAY NOT REPEAT ITSELF, IT RHYMES; SIMILAR...
WHEN I WAS A STUDENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, THERE WERE JUST THREE GIRLS IN MY CLASS. ALL OF THEM WERE SMARTER THAN ME AND IF I TRIED TO GET LUCKY USING ANY CHEAP LINES, THEY SAW RIGHT THROUGH ME. MY ONLY OPTION WAS TO TAKE UP PHOTOGRAPHY WHICH I ENJOYED THOROUGHLY. MOST KIDS IN THOSE...
IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, HUMAN TEACHERS WILL GIVE WAY TO COMPUTERS THAT TEACH OR BOTS. WE, AT SP JAIN, HAVE ALREADY STARTED EXPERIMENTING WITH BOTS TO DO THE TEACHING. Initially, they will teach simple things, gradually teaching more complex goals. Why should humans be replaced? Because BOTS can do the job better and more efficiently...
I HAVE HAD FOUR EPISODES OF CANCER. IN ADDITION, I HAVE HAD TWO BIOPSIES WHERE THERE WAS NO CANCER, SO SIX BIOPSIES AND 14 SURGERIES OVERALL. I have been almost blind twice and been through five corneal transplants. When someone donates eyes, it helps people like me to see. I have had two surgeries for glaucoma,...
I WILL TALK ABOUT THREE TRENDS THAT ARE CHANGING THE WORLD, THEN THREE CHALLENGES THAT MOST BUSINESS SOCIETIES FACE AND THREE WAYS TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES. Like many of you, I was forced to read and memorize Shakespeare since I grew up in India and I discovered that in addition to Shakespeare knowing a lot about humans...
“PARSIPAANU” BY RTN. JIMMY POCHKHANAWALA In order to understand what Parsi stands for, it is necessary to harp back to our most ancient of monoethical religions – Zoroastrianism. Our prophet was Spitama Zarathustra. He was the first prophet to preach that there is universal one God and God is said to have revealed Zarathustra, the simplest...
HOW DID YOUR FOOD AND ART JOURNEY BEGIN? Travel played a huge role in my creativity as I am an army officer’s daughter. A different language every few kilometre, people who look different, eat different food, dress up different. Dad was posted in Kolkata; those two years were bliss because we went to Shanti Niketan and that...
MANJEET: SHOBHAA DE’S NEW BOOK LOCKDOWN LIAISONS CHRONICLES SOCIETY AND ITS CHANGES DURING THE LOCKDOWN. WHAT TRIGGERED THE IDEA OF THIS BOOK? Shobhaa De: These stories reflect all that we have been going through. We have our coping mechanisms; some people cook, some people acquire new skills, some people have joined online classes, some bake, some...
BADMINTON OLYMPIAN APARNA POPAT TALKS TO ATHLETE ADILLE SUMARIWALLA AND LONG JUMP GOLD MEDALLIST ANJU BOBBY GEORGE ABOUT A RECIPE FOR SPORTING SUCCESS. I believe we should look at skill sports rather than strength sports. - Athlete Adille Sumariwalla on producing champions India has participated in the Olympics since 1920. A hundred years later, we have 28...
Marketer Harish Bhat shares stories of curiosity that moved him ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, I WROTE A BOOK CALLED THE CURIOUS MARKETER, AND THESE ARE ALL STORIES OF CURIOSITIES THAT I AM GOING TO NARRATE. What does curiosity mean? Is curiosity an eagerness to learn? Is curiosity an urge to explore something that you do not know?...
Entrepreneur Ronnie Screwvala in conversation with Rtn. Dr. Prakriti Poddar WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO BUILD THIS ECONOMY? The last two-three months have been a situation of understanding how to recalibrate, now that one is forced to...
Rotarians brought in RCB’s new President Framroze Mehta in a celebratory Zoom ceremony last Tuesday PRESIDENT FRAMROZE MEHTA WAS INSTALLED AS THE 92ND PRESIDENT OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF BOMBAY in a Zoom function last Tuesday. The evening started with enthusiastic welcome messages to ‘Fali’ and ended with the President, and all his men and women, belting...