Zeal Khurrana has a daily routine. Every night, the 31-year-old ends his hour-long Burgundy subway commute to Jilipest one stop early, just so he can eat at his favorite diner. One winter November night, as Zeal steps off the train and onto a nearly empty platform, his evening takes an…

Artificial Intelligence, the science of empowering machines with human-like intelligence, has sparked an inevitable debate of Artificial Intelligence vs Human Intelligence and wild predictions about the future. Thanks to rapid advancements in AI over the last decade, computers have become extremely good at diagnosing diseases, recommending movies and songs, and…

The radio told the news of the beautiful sunny day, in some alien, incomprehensible language as Malta’s cab zoomed past the holy river of Burg on her way back home from the hospital. …

When Keita had to shutter down his workshop and move away from the town of Burgundy, his girlfriend, Malta, was left shattered. Both of them had been inseparable — they grew up next doors, learned to play Ney together, studied at the same school, went to the same college and…

In a small town of Burgundy, lived two watchmakers, Zen and Keita. Both of them inherited the art of making fine watches from their ancestors, and also many customers who thronged both their stores and phoned them regularly with new orders. Over the years, however, something changed. Zen prospered while…

The SpacePolice Captain and The Astronaut

Your family connections? Your network of friends and acquaintances? Charm? Luck? Education? Hard work? Interest? Ability? Intelligence? To the old cynical ones in the world of work, the first several seem to have dominance. Only the younger ones are left with the illusion or delusion that their personal ability born…

It is impossible to avoid a certain degree of myopia while writing any narrative of humanity; after all, we are living that narrative. The hindsight bias makes some of the most unexpected cultural shifts inescapable and random noise can give birth to smooth sweeping trends over a long duration. We…

That particular night was biting cold. The whole park was lit up with fairy lights shivering under the mild wind. The bells, the candy canes, and the ribbons seemed like weirdly shaped moons hanging over the soft glowing fire. And the most beautiful Christmas tree stood next to the fire…