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Delhi Food Brands: Some Dead, Some Dying & Some Popping Up
I had a list of food outlets which I intended to visit during my trip to Delhi. These were some of the iconic ones in the national Capital, especially for me.
Nirula’s was always close to…
Best-In-Class HR Practices Without An HR Department (No Kidding!)
Believe-it-or-not, my previous workplace had no Human Resources Division for 17 years. I joined the company eight years after it was founded when it had less than a thousand employees.…
Gadar 2: It’s Gadar 1 With Updated Political Messaging
Few actors exude raw masculinity as Sunny Deol does. Few make anger look so genuine and few intimidate the hate object like he does. That upstretched index finger pointed at the evil guy…
An Encounter With ChatGPT & Some Eerie Thoughts On Democracy
Here's an account of my chance encounter with ChatGPT, an Artificial Intelligence-based language processing tool, on the internet and engagement with it for around 10 minutes.
My input:…
What Makes Home A ‘Home’
I have always been intrigued by how encompassing the sense of ‘home’ is, and what it really means to people. I am always introspecting what it means to me, and how the sense of home changes…
How Practice Of Social Boycott, Ostracisation, Kangaroo Court & Witch-Hunting Is…
Despite a modern mindset and acceptance of changing social norms, age-old practices like ostracism, social boycott, Kangaroo Court, and witch hunting continue to exist in Odisha and…
Nostalgic Harmony: Bollywood Music Of The 90s – The Most Melodious Era
Ever wondered why when you take public transport or a walk, you almost always find someone playing a song from the 90s or why so many contemporary composers are rehashing and remixing songs…
INDIA Is Not A Rehash Of Coalitions Earlier, But Does It Pack The Punch?
Democracy is a dynamic process, forever evolving with responses to new challenges. The responses include experiments with ideas, ideologies and political positioning and formations.…
How Prioritising Work Led Me To Miss An Important Life Event
Imagine becoming a father and your colleagues don't know till the child is born. No one in my office, not even my boss, knew my wife and I were expecting a baby. A team member first read…
In MP’s Berasia Forest Villages, The Key To Development Lies With Revenue…
By Sanavver Shafi
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh: “Which of our problems should we tell you about? If it was just one, we could have shared our woes, but all we have are problems,” said Arjun…