Pt. Bhimsen Joshi and his love for cars. Pt. Bhimsen Joshi initially owned an old motorcycle. Later he acquired a Fiat and subsequently a Mercedes. He once said to an interviewer: "If I had not been a musician, I would have happily spent my life as a garage mechanic tuning

Cochin Shipyard to partner with HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering in various domains. economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/trans…

मैं हूँ अनास्था पर लिखा आस्था का शिलालेख नितांत मौन, किंतु सार्थक और सजीव कर्म के कृतित्व की सूर्याभिमुखी अभिव्यक्ति, मृत्यु पर जीवन के जय की घोषणा। ~ आस्था का शिलालेख, केदारनाथ अग्रवाल

Why is rice more than food in Japan? Prof. Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney reveals how rice embodies cosmology, crisis, and collective identity. As climate change threatens its cultivation, Japan confronts a sacred disruption- of memory, meaning, and modernity.

A postcard from Bombay in the early 1900s. These postcards were a medium for sharing India’s essence with the world (often though, the visuals tended to reinforce colonial stereotypes).

Stephanoff’s wall belongs to the 19th century, but its logic is alive today. It survives in school textbooks, university syllabi, heritage sites, and even Instagram captions. It teaches us which counts as knowledge and which as ornament. brhat.in/dhiti/beyond-t…

India’s top tech professors are turning into deep-tech entrepreneurs, backed by VCs & IP-friendly campus policies. IITs/IISc/BITs now rival MIT in spawning startups, with over 20% faculty at some institutes founding ventures. Academia is fast becoming India’s next startup

China's clampdown on Foxconn & Apple may backfire, exposing its tech dependence & trust deficit. India must now invest in building world-class capabilities, not just absorb supply chains. Geopolitics alone won't deliver gains. #ChinaPlusOne #PolicyShift

I’ve long admired Ambi Parameswaran’s ability to blend industry experience with clarity in teaching and how he brings marketing back to what matters: understanding people, telling stories, and building trust.

A nice Economic Times article today studying faculty startups in IITs, IISc and BITS Pilani. At BITS Pilani, over 35 faculty-led startups have emerged in recent years. Nearly 25 patents have now turned into startups. We evaluate 15+ ideas every year and fund up to 10. Deep-tech

Many govt hospitals are handed to private firms under PPP to improve care & cut costs but evidence shows rising costs, reduced access for the poor, and costlier medical education. With India's high inflation, PPP may hurt those who can't afford private care.