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Mayank Chhaya
Journalist trying to be a full-time writer
Interests: Everything and nothing.
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Top tech executives and scientists warn of AI’s potential to cause extinction
In a remarkable turn of events, hundreds of technology experts, academics and others have warned that Artificial Intelligence (AI) poses extinction level threat to human society on par with pandemics and nuclear war. “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI... Continue reading
Posted May 30, 2023 at Mayank Chhaya Daily
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Rajiv Gandhi: Re-revisiting a macabre assassination
Posted May 21, 2023 at Mayank Chhaya Daily
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बहानों, बहानों में अक्सर खूबसूरत काम हो जाया करते हैं
अव्वल तो इतने जज़्बात हैं नहीं मेरे पास. जो भी थोड़े बहुत हैं वह भी जल्दी बयान कर देता हूँ. पाकिस्तान के आला शायर मुनीर नियाज़ी की एक मशहूर रचना है जहाँ वे फरियाद और रंज करते हैं की वे... Continue reading
Posted May 14, 2023 at Mayank Chhaya Daily
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Teaching myself to be ambidextrous
Posted May 11, 2023 at Mayank Chhaya Daily
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Some observations about Charles' coronation
Posted May 6, 2023 at Mayank Chhaya Daily
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What hides between moments is our illusion of our existence
Posted May 5, 2023 at Mayank Chhaya Daily
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Here is to the crows
Posted May 3, 2023 at Mayank Chhaya Daily
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#Apple ko bhi #VadaPav khana padta hai
Apple CEO Tim Cooke with Madhuri Dixit-Nene (Photo: @tim_cook) Seeing a picture of Apple CEO Tim Cook eat a Vada Pav with Madhuri Dixit I was reminded of what I used to say in the 1980s during my stint in... Continue reading
Posted Apr 18, 2023 at Mayank Chhaya Daily
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So distinct and yet so disintegrative
Posted Apr 14, 2023 at Mayank Chhaya Daily
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'May we build a unique bungalow one day, Where the whole extended family can stay'
Posted Apr 11, 2023 at Mayank Chhaya Daily
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Here is to Salim Durrani, a cavalier batsman and lethal bowler
Posted Apr 2, 2023 at Mayank Chhaya Daily
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Shruti, Smruti, Snehlata and I
Posted Mar 31, 2023 at Mayank Chhaya Daily
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“I am Shashi Kapoor. I am an actor."
Posted Mar 18, 2023 at Mayank Chhaya Daily
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Dalai Lama’s thrilling and life-threatening escape from Lhasa, 64 years ago today
Posted Mar 17, 2023 at Mayank Chhaya Daily
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The more I gather, the more it scatters
Posted Mar 16, 2023 at Mayank Chhaya Daily
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Here is to the exceptionally eclectic Jhaverchand Meghani
Posted Mar 9, 2023 at Mayank Chhaya Daily
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"In the heart of darkness, my dear, I always spread light"
Today marks the 41st death anniversary of Professor Raghupati Sahay 'Firaq' Gorakhpuri. Not that such anniversaries mean anything but as pegs go it is as good as any to hang a piece on. I had done an impromptu post about... Continue reading
Posted Mar 3, 2023 at Mayank Chhaya Daily
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Vinod Kumar Shukla—A man of lucid quietude
Posted Feb 28, 2023 at Mayank Chhaya Daily
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There is no harbinger that ushers poetry
Posted Feb 23, 2023 at Mayank Chhaya Daily
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Hungry, hungry hominins ate hippos some 3 million years ago
Posted Feb 10, 2023 at Mayank Chhaya Daily
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Of Quaoar and a meaningless universe
At 6.5 billion kilometers from us exists a dwarf-planet called Quaoar. The trans-Neptunian body has a radius of just 555 kilometers or a diameter of about 1110 kilometers. The dwarf-planet is part of the Kuiper Belt and is half the... Continue reading
Posted Feb 9, 2023 at Mayank Chhaya Daily
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Rest in Joy Funeral Home
By Mayank Chhaya I am 85 and precariously close to needing the services of my own funeral home myself. But until such time as I do, I offer it to those who indeed need them. I am a lifelong bachelor... Continue reading
Posted Jan 31, 2023 at Mayank Chhaya Daily
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Here is to Balkrishna Doshi, 26 August 1927 – 24 January 2023
Posted Jan 24, 2023 at Mayank Chhaya Daily
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Shehbaz Sharif's peace overture unlikely to move Narendra Modi much
Perhaps no Pakistani leader has ever said "Pakistan has learnt its lesson" in the context of the three wars with India like Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has done. That is an extraordinary comment whose motivation could stem from a combination... Continue reading
Posted Jan 19, 2023 at Mayank Chhaya Daily
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In geological sense, has Earth already entered the Anthropocene Age, or the age of humans?
Posted Jan 16, 2023 at Mayank Chhaya Daily
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