Can the 21st century please stop forcing us to be hyper competitive already?

Indian schools love spreading a really insidious belief; you winning means someone else losing. The system really wants you to believe that you have to stand on your own, revel in the losses of…

Can the 21st century please give some love to the long-distance relationship?

The Jacinda Ardern solution

In the aftermath of an act of terrorism, a deep wound often festers deep in the psyche of a nation. Anger, resentment, and helplessness crowds every conversation and thought. By global standards, whether we’re talking European countries, the US, or India, leaders have time and again led the…

Can the 21st century Indians please give living alone the credit it deserves?

Like most of the people I am friends with, I didn’t grow up watching American sitcoms. My childhood comprised of playing with kids in my colony, reading Enid Blyton and Ruskin Bond, and watching…