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Dark wellness: A new genre of fiction traces grim extremes of self-care

India, Oct. 3 -- First there was #ThatGirl, with her eucalyptus-scented mists, Stanley cup full of green juice and massages that doubled as workouts. The aesthetic went viral on social media in 2021 a... Read More


Class, gender, race: The politics of self-care

India, Oct. 3 -- It was Socrates who essentially said: Put your own mask on first. "Epimeleia heautou" or "care of the self" was central to his discourses on ways to tackle life's challenges, includi... Read More


We need a safe word

India, Sept. 14 -- It might interest you to know that the emoji depicting a cluster of kidney beans, among children under 16, stands for "self-identified incel". "Bop" can mean a girl is promiscuous. ... Read More


Safe words: Meet the teenager researching Gen Alpha's fast-changing slang, with an eye on online safety

India, Sept. 12 -- It might interest you to know that the emoji depicting a cluster of kidney beans, among children under 16, stands for "self-identified incel". Calling a girl a "bop" can mean she is... Read More


Safe words: Meet the teenager researching Gen Alpha slang, with an eye on online safety

India, Sept. 12 -- It might interest you to know that the emoji depicting a cluster of kidney beans, among children under 16, stands for "self-identified incel". Calling a girl a "bop" can mean she is... Read More


Laying down the lore

India, Aug. 24 -- Why do certain stories survive? The ones that endure tend to hold a bit of humour, pathos, the element of surprise and, often, a quick, pithy lesson in what it means to be human. Tho... Read More


Laying down the lore

India, Aug. 24 -- Why do certain stories survive? The ones that endure tend to hold a bit of humour, pathos, the element of surprise and, often, a quick, pithy lesson in what it means to be human. Tho... Read More


In photos: See how William Morris's designs still permeate our world

India, Aug. 23 -- . An outfit from the Autumn/Winter 2015 Marc Jacobs collection, created in collaboration with the William Morris Gallery. Born in 1834, into a wealthy middle-class family, William M... Read More


Mermaids, wandering trees, birds that cry: Inside the world of lesser-known Indian folktales

India, Aug. 22 -- Why do certain stories survive? The best tales - the ones that endure - contain a bit of humour, pathos, the element of surprise and, often, a quick, pithy lesson in what it means t... Read More


Why is mahjong everywhere?

India, Aug. 17 -- Mahjong is Mandarin for "sparrows", because that's what the clattering tiles were thought to sound like, when the game was invented in Qing dynasty China, most likely in a port city,... Read More