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Exiting with grace and dignity

When changing jobs, upright professionals should communicate their decision to resign with truth and honesty, with respect and gratitude




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Rajinikanth: Behind a blockbuster life

Vaasanthi’s latest biography pieces together Rajinikanth’s personal and political journey: From his beedi flipping stunts as a bus conductor to his fall from grace as a politician




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Farmer’s Share: A celebration of self reliant minimalism

Ambrose Kooliyath’s permaculture farm on the banks of the Nila River thrives on local resources




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Rice and shine, always

The ingredient that has hung out with the mighty stegosaurus, peered at lunar craters, and played a starring role in the story of mankind is also the most unassuming presence on the food platter




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‘You go to meet the prime minister and all you can talk about is my bluddy swimming pool?’

When prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was lectured on free market economics, and cornered about the luxury addition in Satish Sharma’s farmhouse




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‘Real Dictators’ and their regimes of suffering

A riveting podcast charts the making of the men who unleashed carnage on the planet




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Planting hopes in hydroponics

Smart farming with no soil and a controlled environment has a promising market




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The gender leap: India sent its first woman athlete to the Olympics in 1924

While India began sending women athletes to the Olympics fairly early, a few countries started doing so as late as 2000




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The past and the present are in constant dialogue at the Ramappa Temple

World Heritage Site tag brings droves of tourists to sleepy Palampet, where the shrine is located




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Happiness at work is more than the sum of its parts

Interventions for promoting happiness at the workplace must start with a paradigm shift




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‘Gangster State’: How and why the Left fell in Bengal

In his debut book, Sourjya Bhowmick documents the unravelling of the communist experiment in the state




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Modi’s Hindi is an excessively starched kurta

The cliched but persuasive way in which politicians use language




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The illuminated and a new way of seeing

Anindita Ghose’s debut novel is a visceral account of loss and emerging anew from it




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Quiz on comedians

It’s Johnny Lever’s birthday — perfect time for a quiz on humorists




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Radioactive — How Ushaben’s broadcasts transmitted the message of freedom

The spirited 22-year-old woman, who earned the sobriquet Radioben, was an integral part of the underground radio service during the Quit India movement




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Working with known devils vs unknown angels

Unlike relationships with friends and families, our work relationships are not unconditional




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Comforting common sense, woman to woman

A companionable book filled with personal advice shared with honesty




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Their guitars gently wept for Bangladesh

Pandit Ravi Shankar and George Harrison pulled off a coup of sorts when they managed to get Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and other stars to play a healing note for a new and anguished nation




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Weep for Afghanistan’s Women

In every statement made by anybody of any consequence, the main concern is about the fate of Afghan women under Taliban rule




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A Bengali lady’s stark account of colonial England

Nabanita Sengupta’s translation of Krishnabhabini Das’s travelogue, published in 1885, is a hat tip to the pioneers of modern-day feminism




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Seam and swagger: How India set the pace at Lord’s

There was method to the machismo displayed by Indian cricketers in the recent win over England




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The dramatic siege of US-occupied Afghanistan

A tale of betrayal and tragedy brought about by the mess of wars, accidental guerillas and political miscalculation




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Making all at work feel wanted and valued

When every member of the support function in a company is recognised and respected, it becomes a visible indicator of the culture and happiness quotient of an organisation




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Machan at the Taj takes its guests for a safari — inside its kitchens!

The iconic hotel at the heart of Delhi is reimagining and re-inventing the business of hospitality in creative ways




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Crafting joy: Wood and the art of making

A first person account of how a hobby became a small business during the pandemic




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‘The Father’: A poignant ode to caregivers

Florian Zeller’s directorial debut turns the lens on the everyday reality of caring for an elderly parent with dementia




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Tamil poet Subramania Bharati’s English writings and songs find a voice

On his 100th death anniversary on September 11, a new book and a podcast throw light on unknown facets of the literary icon




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‘How to Kidnap the Rich’: An ugly side up thriller

Rahul Raina’s debut novel, set in the bylanes of Delhi, tells a fast-paced tale about the underbelly of the education industry




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Conquering Everest: A compelling account of how an impossible dream was achieved

Jim Davidson dwells in detail on the failure to make it in the first attempt and the harrowing return to physically and emotionally draining climb up scale the highest summit in the world




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Lady doctors and the rocky path to healing

A handbook on India’s first women doctors holds up a mirror to the social and political realities of the 19th and early 20th century




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Auroville: An utopian search for a better world

Akash Kapur’s ‘Better to Have Gone’ traces what happens when we believe deeply in a quest and give up everything in its pursuit




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Explainer: What are NFTs, and why the sudden frenzy about them?

Non-fungible token means something unique that cannot be substituted with another



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PIX: Nicki Minaj's curves and Jaden Smith's hair take centre stage at Met Gala

Some celebrities followed the theme while some put on their elegant outfits...









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Deepika, Priyanka lose out at Teen Choice Awards

Wonder Woman and its star Gal Gadot win big at the awards night.