Ram Kumar Kakani
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- Sep 13, 2026
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Why Indiaâs universities need a good ordinance and a good heart (opens the original)
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Anyone raised on folktales would know the tale of Tenali Rama and the cat. Vijayanagara is overrun by rats, and King Krishnadevaraya decrees the tidiest of solutions: a cat in every household to hunt them, and a cow too to provide milk for the cat. The order is obeyed to the letter, and it fails completely. Fattened on free milk, the cats grow plump and drowsy and lose all interest in rats. The rule was followed perfectly; its purpose quietly defeated. It takes Tenaliâs mischief â a bowl of
Why attention should be listed as a competency in higher education (opens the original)
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There is a Jataka tale about monkeys that were asked to water a king’s garden. Wanting to be efficient, they decide each sapling needs exactly as much water as the length of its root. So, they pull up every plant to measure it. The garden dies of good intentions. I thought of those monkeys while watching a bright postgraduate student explain her study routine. She had four productivity apps, a Pomodoro timer, a colour-coded dashboard, two accountability WhatsApp groups, and a phone that buzzed n
Making a case for why AI can advise but humans must decide (opens the original)
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There is a Jataka tale about a king who had a wise parrot that had travelled widely and could name the failings of every minister in the court. The king consulted it on everything. Until the parrot, swollen with importance, suggested it might sit upon the throne while the king attended to lesser matters. The king, who knew the difference between a clever voice and a crowned head, replied: “You may speak from the perch; you may not speak from the throne. “ I read this story alongside an unusually
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