#IndiaUSTradeDeal & the politics of unfettered access to data

Jaoon Kahan Bata Ey Dil

My two paisa take on #IndiaUSTradeDeal #USIndiaTradeDeal

Many congratulations to #DalaiLama on his first Grammy....and China is inevitably upset.

Explosion of unnerving violence in #Balochistan

मैं तो चल पड़ा, बेवजह, तेरे घर की जानिब, ए सनम

#Gandhi, the anarchist

India and the European Union (EU) sign "the mother of all deals", the biggest in India's history.

A new novel by Pavan Varma "where faith meets longing and desire refuses to stay on the margins".

A perspective on #ISRO's #PSLV mission failure

मेहँदी लगी हाथ पर, ज़ुल्फों में ख़ुश्बू छा गई

Dekh Le Tu Phir Yeh Nazara Kab Miley. देख ले तू फिर येह नज़ारा कब मिले.

रसीले तोरे नैन कर दे मुझको बेचैन. Pleased to premiere the first single of 2026. About 200 so far.

फुलझड़ी हो, क्या दमकती हो

Watch #DavidLean's masterpiece #DoctorZhivago to mark the 60th anniversary of its release Dec. 31.

तेरे लिये सजदे किये , Tere Liye Sajde Kiye

Here is to #VinodKumarShukla, a poet and writer of lucid quietude.

Scenes from 'Shenanigans at South Asia Daily'.

गालों में तेरे गुलाबियाँ, पलकों पे तेरी सुर्खाबियाँ. Out soon.

Erwin Schrödinger & Felinicide

Seeding of life on Earth via panspermia.

Quizás, Perhaps

India and Russia reinforce robust bilateral relations.

Sugars essential for life found in samples from asteroid Bennu #AsteroidBennu #BuildingBlocksOfLife

Tere Ishq Mein Lapata, तेरे इश्क़ में लापता

AI, self-preservation and machine rebellion

President Trump and Mayor-elect Mamdani exude bonhomie during their first meeting.

NASA says #3IATLAS is indeed a comet

तुम चलीं, सबा चली, घटा चली, संग संग

Here is why we should keep open the possibility, however remote, that #3IATLAS may be technological.

Shobhaa Dé and ‘The Sensuous Self: Explorations of Love, Sex & Romance’

Re-reading Arthur C. Clarke's brilliant novel 'Rendezvous with Rama' as #3IATLAS mystifies

वोह दिन चिनारों के

Lady, With A Turquoise Blue Scarf

‘River Traveller: Journeys on the Tsangpo-Brahmaputra from Tibet to the Bay of Bengal’

जो बातें तुमने बताईं नहीं, वोह कैसे याद गईं

मेहफ़िल में तनहा मैं था और तुम थीं

#ZohranMamdani, New York mayoralty and litmus test for the Democratic Party

Some observations about 'A House of Dynamite' on Netflix. This video contains significant spoilers.

दोनों के है दरम्याँ मेरा वजूद

My cutout phase

पलकों ने मुझको छू लिया, तेरा सनम शुक्रिया

जब से तुमने आँखेँ मिलाईं

Tech entrepreneur Mehul Desai on AI, innovation, inequities and the world as a tech civilization

Drixila by MC.

गुनगुनाये, ये हवाएँ, फ़ैलाये दास्ताँ हमारी, फ़िज़ाओं में

Premiering आईने से बात कर लो तुम , Aaine Se Baat Kar Lo Tum

कदी ते पूछले तू मेरा हाल

#PratikGandhi in the midst of a creative high

London-based Indian doctor couple's intriguing double bill 'The Unexpected'

Prospects of Palestine as a state

Chicago premiere for two Mumbai film school alumni's debut feature 'Chingam'

महका है महका है, आसमाँ पे मेरा प्यार

यह हवाएँ हमारी बातें सुन रहीं हैं

An "epidemic" of student suicides in India?

Can Asimov’s Laws of Robotics be updated to include AI/AGI/Superintelligence?

Is the Sun angrier?

Life is a surmise. शुक्र और सब्र के दरम्याँ है ज़िंदगी.

In the middle of my novel 'What Now?' out in 2026

Would superhuman AI kill us all? #AI, #ASI