Number of words: 701 The news last week that Instagram personality Caroline Calloway was all smoke and mirrors was only shocking if you believe people go onto The Bachelor to find true love. You can’t spell the online in online influencer without lie and if you take away the lie you’re left with non. Where there is money to be … Read more

Number of words: 1,208 The broad outline of the story will be familiar to most Indian readers. The last great Mughal emperor, Aurangzeb—a capable general and dogmatic ruler—died on 20 February 1707. His death created a power vacuum in the subcontinent. A number of local rulers started asserting their autonomy by delaying or refusing outright … Read more

Number of words: 1,097 Though it is a busy stretch of water near the harbour of Southampton, UK, the vast expanse of the Solent strait is ideal for sailing. One can imagine people perched on their sail boats, cradled in life-jackets, cruising through the waters here on a sunny weekend. But on an overcast afternoon … Read more

Number of words: 1,222 Annika Reinhold says that she likes playing with animals (she has two cats) and “doing unconventional things that no one has done before.” When the chance came up to teach rats to play hide-and-seek, she was a natural candidate. One might question the wisdom of training rats to hide, but there’s a good reason … Read more

Number of words: 949 Observe the guy who has been driving like a moron and has finally crashed—he is stunned. It is the same expression on the man who is driving on the wrong side of the national highway and sees a truck coming at him—he is baffled. Only the cow, which crosses the road … Read more

Number of words: 202 Mary, who, with her sister, Louise, laughs at the idea of confiding in her father, also finds her father reluctant to “just talk” or “go over things” with her the way her mother does. “He sits down with me, and if we’re talking about stuff like school or job, he listens, … Read more

Number of words: 465 In mother/daughter interactions, the meanings invoked are often rooted in a girl’s past responses. A mother asks a checking-up question, and the daughter feels like a little girl again. “Do you have your keys?” or “Do you have  bus money?” may seem like neutral questions to a mother, but to daughter the … Read more

Number of words: 263 The mothers in my study frequently say that they felt closer to their daughter’s generation than to their mother’s. They had clear memories of their own teenage years and though they said they ‘has changed a lot since then,’ they felt they were “basically the same person.” They expected to be … Read more

Number of words: 1,243 *THE COBRA EFFECT* : Long but very interesting read for the decision makers : Hope you know about a term named Cobra Effect? If not, it’s time that you learn about it. The Cobra Effect is a term in economics. It refers to a situation when an attempted solution to a … Read more

Number of words: 249 I think it fair to say that by any convetional measure, a mere seven years after my graduation day, I had failed on an epic scale. An exceptionally short-lived marriage had imploded, and I was jobless, a lone parent, and as poor as it is possible to be in modern Britain … Read more