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'Conscientious managers sleep better': Phani Medicharla of Tata Consultancy Services
Phani Medicharla on collaboration as a means to an end, supporting team members who do well on their own, self-care and team-care, and managing teams remotely.
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'As a new class emerged post-1991, they needed new heroes to look up to, to validate them and justify their consumerism': Kaveree Bamzai
Kaveree Bamzai on why Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan became the heroes of a new class of Indians after economic liberalization.
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Review | 'Let’s Build A Company: A Start-Up Story Minus The Bullshit': What running CoCubes.com taught its co-founders
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Book review | 'Labour and Migration among Indian Muslim Artisans': A limited but sensitive look at work-from-home outside urban, corporate India
Chambers' research on how women’s labour is devalued and underpaid lays the ground for future researchers on how women offer care and strength to each other within patriarchal settings.
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Suneel Gupta: 'People who change the world around them aren’t just brilliant, they’re backable'
'Backable people tend to play what I call the Game of Now rather than the Game of Someday... There are three words that hold most of us back: “I’m not ready.”'
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'The relationship between Tata and the state was always difficult': Mircea Raianu
Through his research, Raianu set out to answer one main question: How was Tata able to survive and adapt over time, from its origins in the colonial period through the transitions to Independence in 1947 and market liberalization after 1991?
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Review | 'Spectrums: Autistic Transgender People in their Own Words': A good book to learn something new about a more gender-fluid, non-neurotypical world
The contributors to Sparrow’s book write in the first person, about coming out, transitioning, sex, cats, music, cycling, past lives, their nerdy interests, and dysphoria.
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Future of work: Tydy co-founder Kiran Menon on digital onboarding and employee experience management
Menon: "People always assumed HR would be face to face, and with a lot of interaction and guidance. In the last 12 to 15 months, companies have been forced to evolve into a digital-first environment."
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'India needs one institutional mechanism for bringing all the bodies that impact energy policy within an integrated framework'
Energy expert Vikram Singh Mehta says we also need reforms related to pricing, taxation, development of infrastructure, relationship between the Centre and state governments, and R&D.
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Sexual harassment in the virtual workplace is prevalent, and damaging. Here's what companies are doing to prevent and address it
What forms of sexual harassment are employees reporting, as they work from anywhere and get on virtual calls often? How are organizations guarding against these virtual forms of sexual harassment?
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IHRB report shows Covid exacerbated income inequality, asset depletion for Bangladesh garment factory workers
During lockdown, UC Berkeley's Dr Banerjee Saxena says, it's important to ensure worker safety, and establish mechanisms to protect workers in case of job losses and to ensure liquidity.
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In pandemic year, LGBTQIA+ rights activists take fight against phobias, hateful speech to social media
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia is observed yearly in May. Here's a look at the everyday prejudices against LGBTQIA+ that this day was instituted to fight.
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Ex-Googler Munaf Kapadia on Bohra cuisine, Iftar platters, and preserving a food business during the pandemic
'Why I Quit Google to Sell Samosas' author Munaf Kapadia says he dedicated his book to Indian housewives because they are "great custodian(s) of cuisine and culture... Culinary tourism in India should tap into these women."
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Tribute | Subhadra Sen Gupta, the writer who made history fun for India’s children
The 2015 Bal Sahitya Puraskar and 2020 Tata Trusts Big Little Book Award winner felt that history books turn people into cardboard characters - and if you flesh them out, children will listen and learn.
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Is the hybrid work model a good fit for companies in India?
We asked HR heads and industry experts whether hybrid work models and other innovations necessitated by Covid-induced restrictions will stick. Here's what they had to say.
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Book review | 'Atomic Habits': A practical guide on how to change behaviours and script personal successes
Three years after the book was first released, the principles outlined in 'Atomic Habits' still resonate. Try this: link a habit you want to form with an existing one that brings you joy.
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Crowdfunding campaign for oxygen concentrators catches new tailwinds; artists to send signed works to donors
Salman Rushdie, Kiran Desai and Kamila Shamsie among the writers whose autographed books will be sent to those who contribute GBP100 or more before May 6.
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Obituary: Former Attorney General of India Soli Sorabjee was a champion of free speech and human rights
Sorabjee died on April 30, 2021. He was being treated for Covid-19 in a Delhi hospital.
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Finding calm in the chaos: mental health tips to cope with the second wave of Covid
Psychologists and counsellors say some people find solace in religion, other in activities like gardening. Try a few different options to find what helps you. Recommendations below.
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Remembering Shankha Ghosh, the literary giant who spared no political party from his criticism
Friends and fans remember his contributions to society and 'the language and literature that he wrote and loved in'
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Edhi foundation offers 50 ambulances to India for Covid patients
The Edhi foundation has previously taken care of Indian fishermen released from Pakistani jails and repatriated to India, among other initiatives. South Asian peace activists say people from both countries have routinely come forward to help each other.
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What do trans people think of trans representation in Indian ads?
Do recent ads with trans people promote older stereotypes and create new ones? Or are they a step in the right direction? We asked the people who should have the last word on this.
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A children's book about Nehru's animal diplomacy calls out the elephant in the room
'Uncle Nehru, Please Send Us An Elephant!' asks questions about animal rights and raises ecological concerns, even as the illustrations show each elephant with a winning personality of its own.
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In memoriam: I.A. Rehman, human rights defender and peace activist
Pakistan India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy is organizing a remembrance meeting for human rights activist I.A. Rehman today at 5.30pm India time on Zoom.
