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Brijesh Dwivedi

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Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Editors Outlook, responsible for editorial standards, publishing operations and transparent corrections.

Stories by Brijesh Dwivedi

Not Every Outrage Needs an Instant Verdict
Science & Health

Not Every Outrage Needs an Instant Verdict

Not Every Outrage Needs an Instant Verdict Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone. This ancient-sounding wisdom has become almost impossible in a time when every public…

India's Youth Need a Life, Not Just a Rank
India

India's Youth Need a Life, Not Just a Rank

India's Youth Need a Life, Not Just a Rank In many Indian homes, a child's life is converted into a queue before the child understands what life is. Queue for the right school, q…

Luxury Has Become the New Poverty of the Mind
India

Luxury Has Become the New Poverty of the Mind

Luxury Has Become the New Poverty of the Mind There was a time when poverty meant not having enough. Today, a new poverty has entered the lives of people who have more than any g…

The New Wars Are Won Without Firing a Shot
World

The New Wars Are Won Without Firing a Shot

The New Wars Are Won Without Firing a Shot The most powerful wars of the twenty-first century may not begin with a formal declaration, a marching army or a missile crossing the s…

Algorithms Are Now Telling Us Who We Are
Technology

Algorithms Are Now Telling Us Who We Are

Algorithms Are Now Telling Us Who We Are There was a time when self-discovery meant silence. A person read, travelled, failed, loved, lost, argued, prayed, worked, wandered, and…

India's Growth Story Has a Jobs Problem
Business

India's Growth Story Has a Jobs Problem

India's Growth Story Has a Jobs Problem India's growth story has a strange emotional contradiction. The macroeconomic numbers can look impressive, but the young graduate at home…

South Asia Is More Than Its Borders
Explained

South Asia Is More Than Its Borders

The first error of modern South Asian politics is to imagine that the map explains the region. It does not. The map tells us where customs officers sit, where armies patrol, where…

India's Next Federal Crisis May Be Water
Science & Health

India's Next Federal Crisis May Be Water

India's Next Federal Crisis May Be Water India's next great federal crisis may not begin with language, caste, tax sharing or electoral rivalry. It may begin with water. Not the…

The Republic Is Built First in the Classroom
Science & Health

The Republic Is Built First in the Classroom

A classroom looks small from the outside. Four walls, a blackboard, benches, a teacher's register, a bell, a timetable and children carrying bags larger than their shoulders. But…

India Has Confused Test Scores With Talent
Science & Health

India Has Confused Test Scores With Talent

India has developed an almost religious relationship with the score. A number appears on a screen and the family atmosphere changes. A percentile decides whether neighbours congra…

India Does Not Lack Schemes; It Lacks Execution
Business

India Does Not Lack Schemes; It Lacks Execution

India has hundreds of welfare and development schemes, but poor execution remains a chronic problem. This editorial examines why implementation fails and what structural reforms a…

Nature Does Not Negotiate With Bad Governance
India

Nature Does Not Negotiate With Bad Governance

When the Yamuna floods, politicians speak of acts of God. When cities choke under a blanket of pollution every winter, commentators discuss atmospheric conditions. When groundwate…

New Woman in India
India

New Woman in India

India has developed a particular talent for celebrating women's success while simultaneously constraining women's freedom. The contradiction has become so routine that most people…

AI Energy Demand
Technology

AI Energy Demand

What happened with artificial intelligence energy demand? The extraordinary growth of artificial intelligence in 2024-26 has come with an extraordinary and increasingly visible c…

A Safe Life Can Also Become a Wasted Life
Opinion

A Safe Life Can Also Become a Wasted Life

A Safe Life Can Also Become a Wasted Life A ship in harbour is safe. It is also unfinished. Its wood, steel, engine, sail, compass and crew have not been assembled merely to admi…

Public Life Runs on Smiles That Hide Conflicts
Opinion

Public Life Runs on Smiles That Hide Conflicts

Public Life Runs on Smiles That Hide Conflicts There is a particular Indian smile that every serious observer of public life knows. It appears at the bank counter when the citize…

A Democracy Without Disagreement Stops Thinking
India

A Democracy Without Disagreement Stops Thinking

A Democracy Without Disagreement Stops Thinking Democracy is often praised as the rule of the people, but that is only its surface. At its best, democracy is the discipline of di…

Great Decisions Need Data, but Also Judgment
Opinion

Great Decisions Need Data, but Also Judgment

Great Decisions Need Data, but Also Judgment The modern world has developed a dangerous superstition: if a decision is supported by data, it must be wise. This superstition is at…

Not Every Detour Is Failure
Technology

Not Every Detour Is Failure

Not Every Detour Is Failure Indian youth are trained early to fear the wrong turn. Choose the wrong stream, and the future is said to narrow. Fail one exam, and a family begins s…

Doing Nothing Is Often the Most Expensive Policy
Opinion

Doing Nothing Is Often the Most Expensive Policy

Doing Nothing Is Often the Most Expensive Policy In public life, delay often dresses itself as wisdom. A file is kept pending because more consultation is needed. A city postpone…

History Moves When Science Defeats Sentiment
Explained

History Moves When Science Defeats Sentiment

History Moves When Science Defeats Sentiment A visitor enters an old monument with a phone in one hand and a verdict in the other. Before reading a plaque, before asking who buil…

A Just Society Does Not Need to Beg for Charity
India

A Just Society Does Not Need to Beg for Charity

A Just Society Does Not Need to Beg for Charity Every few months, India witnesses the same moral theatre. A flood comes, a fire breaks out, a hospital bill goes viral, a child ne…