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The Case for Knowing Things You Don’t Need to Know
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

The Case for Knowing Things You Don’t Need to Know

The things we learn outside our fields may sharpen how we see the world. But perhaps they matter most when we stop asking what they are useful for

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Kavi Arasu

Kavi Arasu

Works at the intersection of people, systems, and organisational change

·FF Life

The Ramayana and The Many Languages of Truth

Myth, Legend, History, Fact. Exploring the truths the Ramayana reveals about history, faith and ourselves

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Vijay Bhat

Vijay Bhat

Founder-Director | Roots & Wings Consulting Services

·Technology & the Future

The Race to Reinvent Nuclear Power

A Danish startup wants to take a faster road to thorium and manufacture nuclear reactors by the thousands. Its audacious bet raises a question for India: what happens if the nuclear world changes before Homi Bhabha’s long-term vision is complete?

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S. Raghotham

S. Raghotham

Journalist and strategic analyst

·FF Life

The Healing Kitchen

Many try to fix health with separate diets or willpower. A better way is to design the kitchen itself, so the easiest choice is also the healthy one—for everyone in the family.

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Hiteshi Dhami Shah

Hiteshi Dhami Shah

Clinical Nutritionist

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The Future of Work and Agentic AI Series

The Future of Work and Agentic AI Series

Much of the conversation around AI focuses on tools and productivity. This series looks deeper: at how AI is reshaping organisational architecture—how decisions are made, how knowledge flows, and how work itself is organised.

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FF Life

Curated weekend reads and thoughtful essays for leaders who think deeply.

The Ramayana and The Many Languages of Truth

The Ramayana and The Many Languages of Truth

Myth, Legend, History, Fact. Exploring the truths the Ramayana reveals about history, faith and ourselves

VB
Vijay Bhat

Vijay Bhat

Founder-Director | Roots & Wings Consulting Services

The Healing Kitchen

The Healing Kitchen

Many try to fix health with separate diets or willpower. A better way is to design the kitchen itself, so the easiest choice is also the healthy one—for everyone in the family.

HS
Hiteshi Dhami Shah

Hiteshi Dhami Shah

Clinical Nutritionist

Embracing the Mess

Embracing the Mess

AI can master discrete tasks. But judgment, relationships and responsibility are messy—and that may be exactly where humans matter most

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor | Founding Fuel

Beyond the noise is the signal.

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