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What is the true cost of Film Piracy?
When we think of film piracy, we usually picture a victim with a very fat wallet. A Bollywood blockbuster drops on a Friday. By midnight, a grainy, camcorded version hits a torrent site and an HD print in just a few days. Millions of people watch it on their phones for free. The studio’s opening…
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Why Space Gen: Chandrayaan Gets ISRO Wrong — The Problem with Hero Worship in Indian Sci-Fi
The recently released TVF series Space Gen: Chandrayaan should have been a landmark moment for Indian prestige television.It had the budget.It had the backing of JioHotstar.And it had one of the most compelling true stories of the decade: India’s resurrection from the heartbreak of 2019 to the precision landing of 2023. Yet, five episodes in,…
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Propaganda vs Reality: PL-15E, Rafale, and How China–Pakistan’s Airpower Narrative Collapsed
When Missiles Miss—and Narratives Explode Modern wars are not decided only by bombs and runways. They are decided by perception, credibility, and evidence. The India–Pakistan aerial engagements during Operation Sindoor proved this decisively. The Chinese-made PL-15E beyond-visual-range (BVR) missile, fired by the Pakistan Air Force, was meant to challenge India’s Rafale–Meteor combination and project China’s…
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AI Isn’t a Bubble. I Watched It Do the Work of Four Engineers in My Living Room
Every few weeks, a new headline lands in the same inbox. “AI will cause mass layoffs.” “AI is the next dot-com bubble.” “AI is overhyped.” “AI is the end of white-collar work.” Pick one, and there’s a hot take to match it. I want to offer a different perspective — one that I think gets…
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The “Reel” Economy: Why Shark Tank India is the New Influencer Circus
In the heart of Mumbai and Bangalore, a strange and quiet surrender is taking place. While the headlines scream about “New India” and our “Digital Revolution,” the reality is far more cynical. We are witnessing the birth of the Reel-Preneur—a hybrid creature that is 10% businessman and 90% performance artist. If you open Instagram, you…
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7 Reasons Why I Never Considered Moving to the UAE
For as long as I have lived in Europe and the United Kingdom, I have been asked the same question: “Why don’t you move to Dubai?” Sometimes it comes from friends in India, sometimes from colleagues, and occasionally even from recruiters who assume that any Indian engineer would naturally gravitate toward the Gulf. The logic…
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The $30K Drone vs the $6M Missile: America’s New War Problem
For decades the rules of war seemed clear. If the United States entered a conflict, the outcome was rarely in doubt. The world’s largest military budget, unmatched technological superiority, and a network of global alliances meant that Washington could outfight almost any adversary. But in the opening days of the current confrontation with Iran, something…
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Trump’s Bravado Took America to War With Iran. One Week Later, the War Isn’t Going as Planned—Only the Narrative Is
The official narrative from Washington and the big media houses have spent the last week painting a picture of surgical precision and total air dominance. According to that version of events, Operation Epic Fury is dismantling Iranian military infrastructure with surgical precision. American air power dominates the skies. Strategic targets are being destroyed. The Iranian…
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