AI is triggering bizarre mental disorders. Experts are struggling to decide what to call itArtificial intelligence is sparking a troubling mental health crisis dubbed “AI psychosis,” where users develop delusions after prolonged c...
04 Sep, 2025, 10.59 AM IST
Microsoft AI chief warns rising ‘AI psychosis’ could spark calls for robot rights, reveals a ‘dangerous turn’ in chatbots' progressMicrosoft's AI chief, Mustafa Suleyman, cautions about the rise of 'AI psychosis,' where users develop intense attachments to chatbots, bel...
22 Aug, 2025, 02.16 PM IST
- Devi delivers from the dark
Durga puja represents mother worship, gender equity, and the triumph of good over evil. It includes a long history dating back to the Harap...
07 Oct, 2024, 11.42 PM IST
- Yog means unification
'Yog' in the spiritual sense of the term is not as simple as that. So, what is the analysis of yog in the Rajyog system? This means that yo...
22 Jun, 2022, 11.36 PM IST
Focus on the AlmightyApart from these two, Ramakrishna says, the other destructive instinct is our ego; it leads one to think of oneself as the doer, rather tha...
28 May, 2022, 12.27 AM IST
Breaking out of the Indra-jaalThis metaphor of Indra-jaal is used in political treaties of Kamandaka, as well as Kautilya where it is associated with diplomacy. Kautilya...
17 Oct, 2020, 12.15 AM IST
- Heroic Helen
Psychologists define this as the megalomaniac’s flip-flop or the tendency to take personal credit for hits while at the same time shrugging...
13 Aug, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
- Happiness in Unhappiness
'Áchchhe din ayenge' is a whiff of happiness, but what if they do not? Efforts and worries in pursuit of happiness make life uneasy.
31 May, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Amartya Sen, Raghuram Rajan, Arundhati Roy among 5 Indians in the running for top world thinker titleThe 2014 list has four Indian economists — Amartya Sen, Kaushik Basu, Partha Dasgupta and Raghuram Rajan. The other entry from India Arundh...
28 Mar, 2014, 10.27 AM IST
Feeling the powerA being as fair as champa, he had large eyes, long ears (vishal netra/ lamba karna) and a mark on his left eyebrow (daave bhuvai-vari kondi...
10 Jul, 2013, 12.08 AM IST
Spirit of the timesConsider the following uttered by a white Caucasian male, “I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white a...
08 Jan, 2013, 05.41 AM IST
The Fourth WayIt's said that religion is for those who fear going to hell while spirituality is for those who've already been there.
06 Nov, 2012, 04.47 AM IST
Fire to panAlbert Einstein wrote a letter to Eric saying that "The idea of God is a product of human weakness."
05 Jul, 2012, 06.13 AM IST
- It’s more about the power of faith
In the frighteningly funny anti-war novel Catch 22, Yossarian the terminally sane protagonist has an insane argument with his girlfriend ab...
20 Aug, 2010, 07.24 AM IST
- The God Delusion
Winner of the National Award for best direction this year, Naan Kadavul is one of the most uncompromisingly brutal films made in India.
20 Mar, 2010, 12.13 AM IST
The non-existent great divideWhichever metaphysical club you belong to, the science comes out the same. And, in the process, religion still remains viable. Meaning, one...
24 Feb, 2009, 02.46 AM IST
- Athiests on move,God on backseat,this X-mas
This X-mas, people in England streets will be told, they’re better without God.
24 Dec, 2008, 02.58 AM IST