It has been more than a week since Raghu Rai departed. The first wave of tributes came swiftly—glowing, rich, heartfelt, and entirely deserved. 

Perched high in the Garhwal Himalayas, Mussoorie has long lived up to its poetic title—the “Queen of the Hills.” Mist-laden mornings, quiet forest trails, and colonial-era charm once defined its identity. 

AI is an amplifier. It magnifies what we build into it—our knowledge, our biases, our intentions.

The political thinker Hannah Arendt drew a distinction between the act of making and the act of meaning-making. AI excels at the former.

Artificial Intelligence belongs unmistakably to this lineage, yet it differs in one profound respect.

Kenya is set to host this year’s Desertification and Drought Day 2026 on June 17, placing global attention on the growing crisis of land degradation and intensifying droughts.