Navneet Alang

Toronto

Technology and Culture Writer at Freelance

Team Editor at The (Toronto) Star

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For voters like me, Jagmeet Singh wasn’t just NDP leader — and that makes his failure hurt all the more

1 month ago | thespec.com | Navneet Alang

There was Jagmeet Singh up on the screen, being his affable, if highly practised, self at a virtual meeting with us here on the editorial board of the Star. As he made his case to a roomful of seasoned journalists, a tiny, rebellious corner of my brain urged me to do something ridiculous: ask him a question in Punjabi. I didn’t, of course. Beyond being unprofessional, it would have been rude to everyone else on the call.
We all wanted to forget the pandemic. Five years on, there’s something I wish we would remember

2 months ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Navneet Alang

I had the steak tartare. She had the steak frites. But if conversation on third dates usually extends beyond questions about siblings or work, that night one topic dominated. At every table, including our own, there was breathless chatter about something called COVID-19. It was March 11, 2020. And as my date and I sat there, news rolled in on our phones. Tom Hanks had it. The NBA season was cancelled. A looming and ominous sense of the unknown hung in the air.
We all wanted to forget the pandemic. Five years on, there’s something I wish we would remember

2 months ago | thespec.com | Navneet Alang

I had the steak tartare. She had the steak frites. But if conversation on third dates usually extends beyond questions about siblings or work, that night one topic dominated. At every table, including our own, there was breathless chatter about something called COVID-19. It was March 11, 2020. And as my date and I sat there, news rolled in on our phones. Tom Hanks had it. The NBA season was cancelled. A looming and ominous sense of the unknown hung in the air.
Five Things Old Media Still Don't Get About The Web

Feb 26, 2025 | techi.com | Navneet Alang

Today the internet seems to have changed the information aspect, it just actually smashed the monopoly of the old media. Newspapers, television networks, and magazines once had the whole say in the news cycle. A viral tweet, a blog post, or a YouTube video can create public opinion faster than any front-page headline today. Yet, even after being around for more than a couple of decades, most of the traditional media still do not get the basic essence of the web.
Fireworks, streamers, confetti: The best shortbread we’ve ever had

Dec 2, 2024 | therecord.com | Navneet Alang |Bali Punia

‘Tis the season for cookies, and every day till Christmas, Star journalists are taking turns baking a recipe from the Star’s extensive archives. Follow our holiday baking adventures here on The Star, or get the recipes first plus some inspiration for your inbox with our free Cookie Calendar newsletter. Sign up here. Find the Star’s 2024 Cookie Calendar here. Navneet Alang is a team editor on the Star’s Opinion team and a writer.
L’intelligenza artificiale non è tutto

Nov 7, 2024 | internazionale.it | Navneet Alang

Nel racconto di Arthur C. Clarke I nove miliardi di nomi di Dio, una setta di monaci tibetani crede che l’umanità abbia uno scopo divino: compilare una lista di tutti i nomi di Dio. Quando sarà completa, pensano, Dio metterà fine all’universo. Dopo averla stilata a mano per secoli, i monaci decidono di usare una tecnologia moderna. Due ingegneri scettici arrivano sull’Himalaya con dei potenti computer al seguito.
Navneet Alang: Life in Canada feels so expensive. Here’s how that might change

Oct 9, 2024 | thestar.com | Navneet Alang

As Canada emerged from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, it immediately faced another crisis: a rapid rise in inflation. Instead of masks and jabs, suddenly the concern became sticker shock at the grocery store and elsewhere as the price of almost everything spiked. In response, the Bank of Canada began to raise interest rates in the hopes of bringing inflation back to its ideal target of 2 per cent. It was a goal it achieved in September of this year, to much fanfare.
Navneet Alang: Inflation is finally falling but life still feels so expensive. We asked three experts when that might change

Oct 9, 2024 | thestar.com | Navneet Alang

As Canada emerged from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, it immediately faced another crisis: a rapid rise in inflation. Instead of masks and jabs, suddenly the concern became sticker shock at the grocery store and elsewhere as the price of almost everything spiked. In response, the Bank of Canada began to raise interest rates in the hopes of bringing inflation back to its ideal target of 2 per cent. It was a goal it achieved in September of this year, to much fanfare.
No god in the machine: the pitfalls of AI worship - podcast

Sep 27, 2024 | theguardian.com | Navneet Alang |Narinder Samra

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As a Sikh, Jagmeet Singh is an inspiration to me. He still has to go.

Sep 13, 2024 | thespec.com | Navneet Alang

I forget exactly how it happened, but a few months ago, on a patio in Toronto’s west end, the name Rupi Kaur arose. Kaur is a Brampton poet who, though globally popular, is often derided by literary snobs. Never having been a fan of her work, I said something dismissive about her to the group of mostly white, arty and progressive friends who had gathered for a birthday. I was immediately struck by a pang of regret. Why was I badmouthing one of my own, especially to this crowd?

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