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AI and the Future of Employment
There is heated debate on the future of artificial intelligence in the West. India must make its voice heard
AI Search Chatbots May Transform The Internet As We Know It. Not Necessarily For Good.
Published in the Hindustan Times It’s hard to think of almost any other tech advancement which has caught the global imagination as fast as ChatGPT…
March 2023
Why Get Giddy with Excitement over the Oscars?
Oscars for Indian films may be about good art but is also good business
Quick Takes
Hello and thank you for subscribing to my Substack! As you may have noticed, my Substack so far has consisted of articles published in various…
February 2023
Hindu Parley on the Anti-Defection Law
Achary, ex Secretary General, Lok Sabha and I spar over the anti-defection law
Russians on the Ukraine Invasion
And why political freedoms are so important
Has Social Media Really Democratized Self-Expression?
The trajectory of self-expression on social media shows a trend towards increasing brevity and homogeneity
Supreme Court is not a site for political battles
The Opposition must fight political battles in the court of public opinion
Fact-checking or Censorship by Other Means?
The Government Cannot Claim Monopoly Over Truth in a Democracy
January 2023
How to Remake a Political Party
Political parties are not prisoners of history as popular analysis suggests
A Political Party is not a Company
Drawing an analogy between political parties and companies is misleading and leads to distorted ideas of how parties function
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December 2022
Institutional Independence Is About Distribution of Power Not Individual Virtue
SC's observations on EC appointments frame institutional independence as a function of individual virtue instead of the overall distribution of…
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