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Overcoming accent bias in the global workplace

New Delhi, July 8 -- Last week a 32-year-old Indian man working in the US posted on social media platform Reddit about an incident of harassment he had faced at work. Although by no means uniquely awf... Read More


Frederick Forsyth's 'Jackal' is back in 2025

New Delhi, July 5 -- I first read Frederick Forsyth's The Day of the Jackal 25 years ago as a college student, longing for a pick-me-up while I was struggling to write an essay on the 18th-century poe... Read More


'Gunboy' review: A bloody good thriller set in the badlands of Maharashtra

New Delhi, June 28 -- Shreyas Rajagopal, who published his first novel Saltwater (2014) under the moniker of Shrey, has emerged from a decade-long hibernation with his new book, Gunboy. And it's been ... Read More


Engage with your work fully, whatever it might be: Hachette India MD Riti Jagoorie

New Delhi, June 24 -- On 12 June, Thomas Abraham, Managing Director of the India chapter of the multinational publishing firm Hachette, announced his retirement after 18 years. Since 2007, when he joi... Read More


A new anthology of writings from south Asia celebrates marginalised voices

New Delhi, June 14 -- Writer Kazim Ali begins his introduction to On the Brink, an anthology of queer writing from South Asia, with a question: "Why the word 'queer' when that is a word others have us... Read More


'Sirens': A study in class and bad parenting

New Delhi, June 14 -- In Greek mythology, sirens were believed to be enchantresses, who, with their sinister gift of song, lured sailors to their doom. The idea finds a delicious, comic and dark reinc... Read More


Jane Austen's novels are both a mirror and a map for Gen Z and millennials

New Delhi, June 13 -- Growing up as the youngest of four girls, writer Anuja Chauhan always found the fictional world of Jane Austen relatable. But you'd be mistaken to assume that Pride and Prejudice... Read More


Fitzgerald's Gatsby is still great at 100

New Delhi, June 10 -- I reread F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 classic, The Great Gatsby, for the first time in my early 30s. I had moved to Delhi around that time, rented the tiniest bedsit I could find i... Read More


Why the office needs to embrace Gen Z's work attitude

New Delhi, June 9 -- A couple of months ago, I was conducting a workshop on behavioural skills with a multigenerational workforce at a Delhi-based organisation, when the conversation turned to Gen Z a... Read More


How to share your Kindle e-books with a reading buddy

New Delhi, June 4 -- This isn't a 'How to jailbreak your Kindle' manual. Nor is it a paean to Amazon. As someone whose working life has revolved around editing and reviewing books, I am all too aware ... Read More