Santosh DesaiThe Changing Meaning of Work?Among the many new careers that have sprung up recently, none is perhaps as curious as that of a water sommelier whose job it is to…Apr 3, 2018Apr 3, 2018
Santosh DesaiA Saviour In Summer?The other day, after many years, i had a glass of sugarcane juice. Like many other habits of the past, including drinking water from the…Apr 19, 2016Apr 19, 2016
Santosh DesaiMaking Time Beautiful: The Idea of MusicPandit Ravi Shankar’s face tells us the story of music. It is a face creased with bliss; the bliss of music has imprinted itself into his…Mar 27, 20161Mar 27, 20161
Santosh DesaiRemembering Reader’s DigestGrowing up, it was an unspoken rule of some kind, that middle class homes in India with any pretensions to education, must have as part of…Dec 10, 2015Dec 10, 2015
Santosh DesaiThe Emoji Disruption?The Oxford Dictionary has chosen as its word of the year, not a word but an emoji of ‘face with tears of joy’. For those not in the know…Nov 23, 2015Nov 23, 2015
Santosh DesaiThe Mocktail: The Power of Liquid imaginationBlue Lagoon. Tangy Black Beauty. Mississipi Blue. Litchi Colada. Cool Flamingo. Lava Flow. Purple Rain. Across the country, the beverage is…Oct 29, 2015Oct 29, 2015
Santosh DesaiThe Clocktower of Sound: Remembering RadioEvery morning, India would be united by a common sound. As the new day uncoiled itself from the night, streets all over the country would…Oct 20, 2015Oct 20, 2015
Santosh DesaiPuncturing the Myth of Management?The world is being run by twenty-somethings. Strictly speaking, that is a bit of an exaggeration, but it would seem that in a few years…Sep 22, 2015Sep 22, 2015
Santosh DesaiThe Meat Ban: Between Guilt & LoathingAs someone who grew up in a vegetarian household, and took to eating meat only as a teenager, the idea of making do with vegetarian food…Sep 16, 20151Sep 16, 20151
