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Artificial Scarcity, AI, and the Future of Legal Education: Lessons from Nyay and EduCulture

June 24, 2026

In 2013, with two very young children I asked my spiritual mentor if he had any parenting advise. He smiled, “Samirji, the biggest challenge of your generation is providing artificial

Raising Rooted Children in the Age of AI: Why Vedantic Self-Knowledge Matters More Than Ever

June 23, 2026

Every week, I sit with my two teenage sons and we go through the hashtag#BhagavadGita together, more than religious instruction for philosophical training. I want them equipped with the deepest

Cultural Clusters: The Missing Link Between Education, Culture, and Economic Development

June 22, 2026

I learnt a new term last week. Cultural Cluster. It came up in a conversation with friends far more fluent in the art world than I am, while we were

From “Kya Banoge?” to “Kya-Kya Banoge?”: Rethinking Education, Skills, and Lifelong Learning

June 21, 2026

“Bade hokar kya banoge?” (What will you become when you grow up?) Almost every Indian child has been asked this question, framed as a single destination, a final answer, a

Speed, Truth, and the Architecture of Civilisations

June 20, 2026

In 2020, I was designing NDMS, the pan-India cloud-based news gathering system for Akashvani and Doordarshan. One decision point became central to the entire architecture, “Should machine translation auto-publish news

Indigenous Design: How Local Traditions Can Shape Global Innovation

June 19, 2026

My Director and DoP called sounding destroyed that the shoot in Darbhanga and Nepal had collapsed. They advised strongly to shut production down, walk away and cut losses. I trusted

Why Character Matters More Than Intelligence in the Age of AI

June 18, 2026

What struck me most when I started living at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur campus was the sheer density of raw intelligence all around me. One kid was super brilliant

EduCulture, IKS & NEP 2020: Why Universities Must Teach Self-Awareness

June 17, 2026

The most important course I did at Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta had nothing to do with Finance, Marketing, Systems or Strategy. It was called ‘Management of Self in an

Divine Intelligence and Human Innovation: Understanding Bhagavad Gita 10.41 in Modern Life

June 13, 2026

यद्यद्विभूतिमत्सत्त्वं श्रीमदूर्जितमेव वा |तत्तदेवावगच्छ त्वं मम तेजोंऽशसम्भवम् || BG 10.41 || (जो-जो भी ऐश्वर्ययुक्त, लक्ष्मीयुक्त और कान्तियुक्त अथवा शक्तिमान वस्तु है, उस-उसको तुम मेरे तेज के अंश से ही उत्पन्न

Ekadashi, Autophagy & EduCulture: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Science

June 10, 2026

Tomorrow it’s Parama Ekadashi, and I am fasting, no food, no water. I have been observing every Ekadashi as Nirjala since last year, a birthday gift I gave myself as

Beyond Skills: Giving Teenagers a Compass for the Future

June 9, 2026

Think about the hashtag#teenager in your home or near you. Smart, capable, digitally fluent, and at the same time also overwhelmed in ways they cannot name. We live in a

Why India Needs a Ministry of EduCulture

June 8, 2026

India has a Ministry of Education with budget this year of ₹1,39,286 crore, and a Ministry of Culture with ₹3,361 crore budget. Between these two ministries, there is no conversation.