Why Did You Walk Out From…Posh Corporate Dreams

by Sachin Desai

I was doing well at Baskin Robbins, the world’s leading U.S.-based ice cream company. Lucrative offers to work abroad were on the horizon, and I was looking forward to an appropriate break. Then, my…

New Careers: The Art of Being a Host

by Maria Glauser

Hosting visitors, parties, gatherings, celebrations and conversations is an age-old practice present in all human societies. What’s more, cultures root themselves in rituals that involve hosting others in our space. I…

Gift Culture: A Recipe for Halchal Cafe

by Kate Morales

The Halchal Saturday Cafe is a simple young experiment birthed from the timeless tradition of building healthy community around good food. Cooked up by some swapathgamis in Udaipur, Rajasthan, this recipe is less of a…

The Barefoot Challenge

by Manjushree Abhinav

Because the wind wants to feel your hair, and the earth wants to touch your feet.” — Kahlil Gibran

We live in nature, but we don’t live naturally. We live on the earth, but we don’t touch it. Ninety percent of the…

NowActivism: The Rooftop Revolution

by Shirish Kher and Vanaja Vaidyanathan

Starting a vegetable patch at home in a city isn’t simple, yet it is delightful. As first time farmers, it took us to places and people we wouldn’t have known otherwise.

Gift Culture: Just in Time Library

by Sangeeta Bhagwat

Books have been an inherent part of my life. Over the years, I selected them carefully and guarded them closely. They have been a source of inspiration, wisdom, laughter, tears, and so much more.